Paşalimanı Island (), formerly Halone (),Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §B165.1
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in the southern

Sea of Marmara The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea entirely within the borders of Turkey. It links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, separating Turkey's E ...

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. The island is the fifth largest island of Turkey () and administratively belongs to the

Erdek Erdek is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 307 km2, and its population is 31,902 (2022). Located on the Kapıdağ Peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Erdek at the south of the Sea of Marmara, ...

town of Balikesir Province in northwestern Turkey. The island has five small villages and has 962 population in total. Paşalimanı Island is also part of the Marmara Archipelago along with three other islands Marmara,

Avşa Avşa Island () or Türkeli is a Turkish island in the southern Sea of Marmara with an area of about . It was the classical and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Aphousia ( or Ἀφησιά) and was a place of exile during the Byzantine period. The Gre ...

and Ekinlik.

History

Paşalimani Island was first inhabited during the

Chalcolithic The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in di ...

age same as the neighbouring islands of Avşa and Marmara. According to Hittite sources the area was under the rule of

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(

Wilusa Wilusa () or Wilusiya was a Late Bronze Age city in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) known from references in fragmentary Hittites, Hittite records. The city is notable for its identification with the archaeological site of Troy, and thus its ...

) during 1300s BC. In 844 BC Ionian colonizers from

Miletus Miletus (Ancient Greek: Μίλητος, Mílētos) was an influential ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in present day Turkey. Renowned in antiquity for its wealth, maritime power, and ex ...

occupied the area and they were the first Greek-speaking inhabitants. In 493 BC the island was ravaged by Phoenicians since the islanders were against the Persian invasions. Consequently new Ionian settlers brought and settled from Miletus and

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island. Halonia island was under Byzantine rule until the

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captured the archipelago in 15th century. During the Ottoman period, until 1923

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and

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lived together in peace. In 1923

and

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agreed to exchange the population and Greek-speaking people of the island left. Today the local people of the island are originally from Greece,

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and Black Sea Region of Turkey.

Climate

Paşalimanı Island has predominantly

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

, at the same time some effects of the Black Sea climate are observed. It gets more rainfall in the summer months comparing to the Mediterranean climate. During the winter the island may also gets some snow from time to time due to the cold weather from the north.

Villages and population

Paşalimanı Island has five villages and does not have any administrative central town. Contrary to the other surrounding islands, Paşalimanı island belongs to

District, not to Marmara, the central town of the archipelago. * Harmanlı (); 285 pop. * Paşalimanı (); 180 pop. * Poyrazlı (); 184 pop. * Balıklı (); 159 pop. * Tuzla (); 154 pop.

References

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Governorship of Balıkesir

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History

Climate

Villages and population

See also

References

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