Gökçeada is a rural district 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
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 ...
. Its population is about 9,440 where 6,229 live in the center (2019).
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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 is Ünal Çetin ( İYİ).
Gallery
Image:Gökçeada-Town-1967.jpg, Gökçeada 1967
Image:View_of_artificial_lake_from_Tepeköy_village,_Gökçeada,_Turkey_-_20050713.jpg, Zeytinli köyü
Image:Gokceada_zeytinli_barbayorga_3.JPG, Zeytinli köyü
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
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