Nazim Hikmet Plane Tree

İsmail Başaran, who met Nazım Hikmet in prison upon his saying “If there is a plane tree on my hill, I don't want a stone...”, planted this plane tree in 1964, on the 1st year of his death, based on this will. Uncle İsmail planted this tree so that one day, if his body was brought to Turkey, he would be buried under the plane tree he mentioned in his will poem. When the fame of the plane tree began to spread throughout the country, the September 12 government sent gendarmes and the plane tree was cut down before 1980. 5 years later, another plane tree was planted, but this time its location was not revealed to anyone for a long time. In the 1990s, the plane tree was cut down and burned again. Afterwards, the plane tree was planted again and is now under protection. Soil is brought to Nazım's plane tree from his grave in Moscow. Those who cannot go to his grave in Moscow gather under this plane tree on the anniversary of his death.