Prince Islands (Istanbul)

	Prince Islands
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	; Kınalıada, Burgazada, Kaşık, Heybeliada
Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	40 ° 53 ' N , 29 ° 6' E Coordinates: 40 ° 52 '31 " N , 29 ° 5' 40" E
Surface:	11.05 km²
Residents :	16,052 (2014)
Population density :	1,453 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) ; (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor :	Erdem Gül ( CHP )
Website:	www.adalar.bel.tr
Prince Islands County
Kaymakam :	Mevlut Kurban
Website (Kaymakam):	www.adalar.gov.tr

Overview map

The Prince Islands ( Turkish Prens Adaları , mostly just Adalar , Greek Πριγκηπόννησα ) are a small group of islands in the Sea of Marmara at a distance of 10 to 23 kilometers southeast of the Bosporus and at the same time a district on the Asian side of the Turkish metropolis İstanbul and thus a district of the Istanbul province . The islands had a total of 16,052 inhabitants in 2014.

Since the Byzantine times , Christian Orthodox monastic communities and exiles lived here in numerous monasteries.

Name meaning

As early as the 6th century, when Emperor Justinian I built a palace for his nephew Justin II on the largest island in the archipelago and had him live there, this island was named the Prince's Island (Greek grσος του Πρίγκηπου - Nisos tou Prinkipou ) or Prince Island (Greek Πριγκηπόννησος ). Over time, the entire archipelago was named the Prince Islands , also because even then they were often the place of exile for princes and prince children. From the reign of Mehmed III. (1595 to 1603) the other princes were no longer killed when the respective regent came to power, but instead were placed under strict house arrest for life.

Of the largest island, only the main part of Prinkipos (Greek Πρίγκηπος ), as it is still called in Greek today, remained of the above name .

Islands

The archipelago and the Adalar district include nine islands, four of which are permanently inhabited. The administrative seat is in Büyükada .

island	Greek name	Area km²	summit	Height m	population
Buyukada	Πρίγκηπος (Pringipos)	5.4	Yücetepe	203	7,335
Heybeliada	Χάλκη (Chalki)	2.3	Değirmentepe	136	5,529
Burgazada	Αντιγόνη (Αndigoni)	1.5	Bayraktepe	170	1,578
Kınalıada	Πρώτη (Proti)	1.3	Çınartepe	115	3,318
Sedef Adası (Pearl Island)	Αντιρόβυθος (Androvithos) Τερέβινθος (Terebinthos)	0.157		55	-
Yassıada	Πλάτη (Plati)	0.05		46	-
Sivriada	Οξειά (Oχeia)	0.05		90	-
Tavşan Adası (Rabbit Island)	Νέανδρος (Neandros)	0.004		40	-
Kaşık Adası ( Spoon Island )	Πίτα (pita)	0.008		13	-
Prens Adaları (Prince Islands) Kızıl Adalar (Red Islands)	Πριγκηπόννησα (Pringiponnisa) Πριγκηπονήσια (Pringiponisia)	10.77	Yücetepe	203	17,760

On the largest island, Büyükada , is the St. George's Monastery , founded in the 10th century , and most of the summer villas that are now listed. Formerly they were left entirely to the Greeks, so that no Turks were allowed to live there. Empress Irene , Leo IV's widow , lived here as an exile for a few weeks after her fall, and later Trotsky too .

On Heybeli Ada (Greek Chalki ) is the seminary of the Greek Orthodox Church of Turkey , which is subordinate to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople . Since 1971, due to a conflict between the Turkish government and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, seminarians are no longer allowed to be trained. The Turkish government offered formal affiliation to the Religious Faculty of the University of Istanbul , but the patriarchate insisted on independence. The library is still open.

Until the 11th century there was with Vordones (Greek: Βόρδωνες , later referred to in Ottoman sources as Vordonisi ) another 10th island in this group of islands. A Byzantine monastery was on top of it when Vordonisi sank in an earthquake in 1010.

literature

Joachim Sartorius : The Prince Islands. 1st edition, Mare, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86648-116-9 .

Web links

Commons : Prince Islands - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento from February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed April 25, 2015
↑ Matthäus von Collin, Friedrich von Gentz: Year books of literature. Volume 65, Gerold, Vienna 1833, p. 60 ( on Google books ).
^ Study trip to Turkey, travel report to Istanbul with via-cultus . Section The Prince Islands. On: via-cultus.de from May 12, 2015; last accessed on January 17, 2016.
↑ https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/ConspectusH/id/379
^ Doğan News Agency: Istanbul's lost island may come to light . On: hurriyetdailynews.com on September 13, 2011; last accessed on October 19, 2015.

[Infobox_Ort_in_der_Türkei.EinwohnerOrt-1] Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento from February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed April 25, 2015

[2] Matthäus von Collin, Friedrich von Gentz: Year books of literature. Volume 65, Gerold, Vienna 1833, p. 60 ( on Google books ).

[3] Study trip to Turkey, travel report to Istanbul with via-cultus . Section The Prince Islands. On: via-cultus.de from May 12, 2015; last accessed on January 17, 2016.

[4] ttps://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/ConspectusH/id/379

[5] Doğan News Agency: Istanbul's lost island may come to light . On: hurriyetdailynews.com on September 13, 2011; last accessed on October 19, 2015.