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Islands Of Turkey
This is a list of islands of Turkey. There are around 500 islands and islets in the Turkey. These islands are located in the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Turkish lakes. The Turkish words for island/islands/rocks are Adasi/Adalar/Kayaları. The largest Turkish island is Gökçeada in the Aegean Sea with an area of . The lists in the following sections include name, formal name when different, Turkish Province, sea where the island is located and coordinates. Islands by body of water Aegean Sea islands The following Turkish islands are in the Aegean Sea: Aydın Province The Turkish Aegean Sea islands in Aydin Province include the following: Balıkesir Province There are at least 54 islands in Balıkesir Province, including islands in the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Many of the islands in the Aegean Sea are part of the Ayvalık Islands Nature Park which contains 22 islands and numerous rocks. The only two populated Aegean isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey Physiography
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akoğlu Island
Akoğlu Island, known in Greek as Kópanos (Κόπανος), is a Turkish islet in the Aegean Sea. The islet is a part of Ayvalık Islands group at . It had a number of names in history such as Armutçuk, Kedi, Kópanos and Vrachonisída. Its dimensions are 78 x 57 m (260 x 190 ft) Administratively it is a part of Ayvalık ilçe The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''. Most provinces bear the same name as their respectiv ... (district) of Balıkesir Province .It is an uninhabited island . Its distance to nearest point on shore is less than . References {{Islands of Turkey Islands of Balıkesir Province Ayvalık Islands of Turkey Aegean islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenedos
Tenedos (, ''Tenedhos'', ), or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale Province. With an area of it is the third largest Turkish island after Imbros (Gökçeada) and Marmara. In 2018, the district had a population of 3023. The main industries are tourism, wine production and fishing. The island has been famous for its grapes, wines and red poppies for centuries. It is a former bishopric and presently a Latin Catholic titular see. Tenedos is mentioned in both the ''Iliad'' and the ''Aeneid'', in the latter as the site where the Greeks hid their fleet near the end of the Trojan War in order to trick the Trojans into believing the war was over and into taking the Trojan Horse within their city walls. The island was important throughout classical antiquity despite its small size due to its strategic location at the entrance of the Dardanelles. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European (Thrace) and an Asian (Anatolia) part. The European part is formed by the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) peninsula, while the Asian part is largely coterminous with the historic region of Troad in Anatolia. They are separated by the Dardanelles strait, connecting the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea. The archaeological site of Troy is found in Çanakkale province. Çanakkale is the biggest district of the province. The European and Asian parts of the province were connected to each other with the completion of the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge in March 2022. History In the early Turkish Republic, the Çanakkale Province came into existence with the abolition of the Ottoman-era ''sanjaks'' of Biga and Gelibolu. According to a population census in 1927, Çanakkale had 8,500 inhabitants, except it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gökçeada By Sentinel-2 Cloudless
Imbros or İmroz Adası, officially Gökçeada (lit. ''Heavenly Island'') since 29 July 1970,Alexis Alexandris, "The Identity Issue of The Minorities in Greece And Turkey", in Hirschon, Renée (ed.), ''Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey'', Berghahn Books, 2003p. 120/ref> ( el, Ίμβρος, Ímvros) is the largest island of Turkey and the seat of Gökçeada District of Çanakkale Province. It is located in the north-northeastern Aegean Sea, at the entrance of Saros Bay, and has the westernmost point of Turkey ( Cape İncirburnu). Imbros has an area of and has some wooded areas."Gökçeada" from Britannica Concise Encyclopedia According to the 2020 census, the island-district of Gökçeada has a population of 10,106. The main industries of Imbros are fishing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lale Island
Lale Island (literally "Tulip Island", also called ''Dolap Island'') is an Aegean Sea, Aegean Island of Turkey. In the antiquity it was called ''Kremydonisi'' ( el, Κρεμμυδονήσι and Κρομμυδονήσι). It is part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province at . It has two road connections; one to mainland Anatolia (towards south east) and the other to Cunda Island (towards west). The connection to mainland was constructed in 1817 (i.e., Ottoman Empire, Ottoman era) by filing. Now a new bridge is under construction instead of filing. (''see'' Gönül Bridge) The connection to Cunda Island is by a bridge constructed in 1954. The island is an inhabited island mostly with summer houses. It is connected with Cunda Island by the Ayvalık Strait Bridge. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayabaşı Adası
Kayabaşı is a Turkish place name and it may refer to; * Kayabaşı, Amasya a village in Amasya (central) district of Amasya Province * Kayabaşı, Bitlis, a village * Kayabaşı, Polatlı a village in Polatlı district of Ankara Province * Kayabaşı, Alanya a village in Alanya district of Antalya Province * Kayabaşı, Kale * Kayabaşı, Kemah * Kayabaşı, Köprüköy * Kayabaşı, Korkuteli a village in Korkuteli district of Antalya Province * Kayabaşı, Şavşat a village in Şavşat district of Artvin Province * Kayabaşı, Ulus a village in Ulus district of Bartın Province * Kayabaşı, Mengen a village in Mengen district of Bolu Province * Kayabaşı, Göynük a village in Göynük district of Bolu Province * Kayabaşı, Araç a village in Araç district of Kastamonu Province * Kayabaşı, Mut a village in Mut district of Mersin Province {{geo-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çıplak Island
Çıplak Island ( tr, Çıplak Ada, meaning "Barren island", ''Chalkis'' of the antiquity, in Greek known as Gymno ( el, Γυμνό)) is an Aegean island of Turkey. The island at is a part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province. Its distance to mainland is . With an area of it is one of the larger islands around Ayvalık. It’s the southernmost island of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago, and the only one with shores to both Edremit Gulf and Dikili Gulf Dikili Gulf ( tr, Dikili Körfezi) is an Aegean gulf of Turkey. The gulf is named after the district center Dikili. The midpoint of the gulf is at The gulf is mostly in İzmir Province and partly in Balıkesir Province including Sarımsaklı be .... The uninhabited island was a natural pasture for sheep breeding. Every year the shepherds used to bring sheep herd to the island. However they now complain of rabbits which infest the grazing land. References {{Islands of Turkey Aegean islands Islands of Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çiçek Island
Çiçek Island ( tr, Çiçek Adası, literally Island of flower) is an Aegean island of Turkey. It is in Edremit Gulf at and administratively a part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province. Its distance to the nearest point on the mainland (Anatolia) is about . The surface area of the island is and it is covered with olive trees and narcissus. The ancient name of the island was Angistri ( el, Αγκίστρι) or Argyronesos ( el, Αργυρόνησος). According to Milliyet ''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. History and profile ''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 ... newspaper currently the island is put on market. References {{Islands of Turkey Aegean islands Islands of Turkey Islands of Balıkesir Province Ayvalık ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunda Island
__NOTOC__ Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, ( tr, Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası), Greek Moschonisi ( gr, Μοσχονήσι or Μοσχόνησος), is the largest of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago in Turkey, which was historically called the ''Εκατόνησα'' (''Hekatonisa'') or ''Μοσχονήσια'' (''Moschonisia'') archipelago in Greek. It lies in the Edremit Gulf on the Turkey's northwestern coast, off the coast of Ayvalık in Balıkesir Province, Turkey, with an area of . It is located east of Lesbos, Greece. History Antiquity According to written sources, there have been settlements since the antiquity; the sources mention the settlements of Nasos ( el, Νάσος), Pordoselini or Pordoselene ( el, Πορδοσελήνη) and Chalkis ( el, Χαλκίς). 20th Century According to the Ottoman General Census of 1881/82-1893, the kaza of Cunda (Yunda) had a total population of 4.671, consisting of 4.417 Greeks, 89 Muslims and 165 foreign citiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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