Situated on the west bank of the Tunca north of Edirne, the memorial cemetery is laid out over 858 m2 (9,240 sq ft).

In front of the memorial cemetery, an unknown-soldier monument with a bronze statue of an Ottoman soldier (Turkish: Mehmetçik) is erected, which was created by sculptor Tankut Öktem.

They [Bulgarians] gather them all outside the city, on the Tunca River, at a place called the Old Palace, where they are left to die of cold or hunger unless a bullet ends their suffering.Dead captives were not buried, which led to the spread of disease not only in Sarayiçi, but throughout the city; measures against the spread of diseases such as cholera and typhus were not taken.

[3] Every March 26, citizens gather in front of the monument to honor the memory of the thousands of prisoners and civilians who died.

[4] Difficult conditions and high mortality have led some Turkish historians, such as İlker Alp, to call the event a genocide.