Adalar

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Adalar

Total population

14,478

Coordinates40.87°, 29.13°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

The Princes' Islands, officially just Adalar ; alternatively the Princes' Archipelago; is an archipelago of nine islands off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. These constitute the municipality and district of Adalar within Istanbul Province. With a total land area of 11 km2 (4.2 sq mi), it is the fifth smallest district in Istanbul and, with a permanent population of 16,690 (2022), by far the least populous district in Istanbul.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Aziz Nesin

Turkish writer (1915–1995)

Petros Markaris

Turkish-Greek writer of Armenian ancestry (born 1936)

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Ragıp Zarakolu

Turkish translator (born 1948)

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Patriarch Fotios II of Constantinople

265th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Lefter Küçükandonyadis

Turkish association football player (1924–2012)

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Melek Bilge

Turkish basketball player (born 1989)

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Emilianos Zacharopoulos

Turkish Eastern Orthodox clergyperson (1915–2011)

F

Fethiye Çakıl

Srpuhi Kalfayan

American philanthropist (1822-1889)

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Erman Özgür

Turkish association football player (born 1977)

Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid

Turkish painter (1901–1991)

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Kostas Kasapoğlu

Turkish association football player (1936–2016)

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Sawa

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Altay Özurgancı

Turkish basketball player (born 1988)

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Eşfak Aykaç

Turkish association football player (1918–2003)

Füreya Koral

Turkish artist (1910–1997)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Istanbul

• Bibione
  871.4 mi away · pop. 2,564
• San Giorgio al Tagliamento
  877.9 mi away
• Villanova Sant'Antonio
  880.9 mi away
• Villanova Santa Margherita
  881.3 mi away
• Borghetto
  882.9 mi away
• La Salute di Livenza
  883.5 mi away
• San Giorgio di Livenza
  883.5 mi away
• Torre di Fine
  884.1 mi away
• Ponte Crepaldo
  887.2 mi away
• Lido di Jesolo
  888.5 mi away · pop. 10,523
• Blessaglia
  889.9 mi away
• Ceggia
  891.6 mi away · pop. 6,145

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Adalar

Adalar'a Cikmak; Istanbul Aciklarindaki Bir Takimadanin Öyküsü

Catherine Pinguet · 2018

Evliya Celebi Ile Istanbul'u Geziyorum 5-Kadikoy ve Adalar

Erdem Seçmen · 2000

Adalar, da iz bırakanlar

Korhan Atay · 2011

Istanbul'un öte yanı Anadolu yakası

Mustafa Burç Şahin · 2021

Adalar, binalar, mimarlar

Hasan Kuruyazıcı · 2011

Tarih boyunca İstanbul Adaları

Pars Tuğlacı · 1989

Tarih boyunca İstanbul Adaları

Pars Tuğlacı · 1989

Yeni Türk edebiyatı'nda İstanbul adaları

Murat Koç · 2010

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