Gökçeada District
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Gökçeada District is a
district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
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 Eu ...
of Turkey. Its seat is the town of
Gökçeada 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 1 ...
.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Its area is 282 km2, and its population is 10,377 (2021). The district consists of the island of
Imbros 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 1 ...
(Turkish: Gökçeada), the largest island in Turkey. The mayor of Gökçeada municipality is Ünal Çetin ( İYİ). The district governor (''
kaymakam Kaymakam, also known by many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been retained an ...
'') is Serhat DoÄŸan.


Composition

There is one
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in Gökçeada District: *
Gökçeada 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 1 ...
There are 9
villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in Gökçeada District:Köy
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
* Bademli * Dereköy * Eşelek *
Kaleköy Kaleköy (literally "Castle's village" in Turkish; grc, Σίμηνα - ''Simena'') is a village of the Demre district in the Antalya Province of Turkey, located between Kaş and Demre, on the Mediterranean coast. Kaleköy faces the isla ...
* Şirinköy * Tepeköy * Uğurlu * Yenibademli * Zeytinliköy


Gallery

Image:Gökçeada-Town-1967.jpg, Gökçeada 1967 Image:View_of_artificial_lake_from_Tepeköy_village,_Gökçeada,_Turkey_-_20050713.jpg, Zeytinli Image:Gokceada_zeytinli_barbayorga_3.JPG, Zeytinli Image:George_Drewry_and_Wilfred_Malleson.jpg, Three Royal Navy midshipmen, George Drewry, Wilfred Malleson and Greg Russell, having a picnic on Imbros during the Battle of Gallipoli Image:Armed students in Gökçeada 1967.jpg, Students of "İmroz İlköğretmen Okulu/Imbros Education High School" in military training class, 03.12.1967


References

Imbros Cittaslow Districts of Çanakkale Province * District municipalities in Turkey {{Çanakkale-geo-stub