Çıfıtkalesi Islet (literally "Jewish Castle Island") is an uninhabited
Aegean islet in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
The islet is administratively a part of
Seferihisar
Seferihisar is a municipality and district of Ä°zmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 375 km2, and its population is 60,914 (2024). Seferihisar district area borders on other Ä°zmir districts of Urla to the west and Menderes to the east, and t ...
ilçe
The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''.
Most provinces bear the s ...
(district) of
Ä°zmir Province
Ä°zmir Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of Ä°zmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in to ...
. It is very close to mainland (
Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
); the closest point to mainland is less than . The longest dimension of the islet is about .
In antiquity the islet was connected to the mainland and was called
Myonessus (, meaning ''mouse island''). Currently, the connection has been broken, but the sea level is shallow and it is possible to walk to the islet. Parts of the defensive wall are preserved on the island.
Myonnesos
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References
{{Islands of Turkey
Aegean islands
Islands of Turkey
Islands of Ä°zmir Province
Seferihisar District
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey