Büyükada
Sign in to saveBüyükada (, rendered Prinkipos or Prinkipo), meaning "Big Island" in Turkish, is the largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, with an area of about . It is made up of the Maden and Nizam neighbourhoods in the Adalar (Islands) district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Key facts
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- Büyükada
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- BuyukadaMainSquare.jpg
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- One of the main squares of the island, with the statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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- Turkey#Sea of Marmara#Istanbul
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- Country
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- Region
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- Marmara
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Istanbul
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Adalar
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.4
- Settlement.population_total
- 8586
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- TRT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Byzantine era
- Later history
- Transport on the island
- Places of interest
- St George's Day Pilgrimage
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Büyükada (, rendered Prinkipos or Prinkipo), meaning "Big Island" in Turkish, is the largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, with an area of about . It is made up of the Maden and Nizam neighbourhoods in the Adalar (Islands) district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
During the first half of the 20th century, the island was popular with prosperous Greeks and Armenians as a refuge from the summer heat of Istanbul. Nowadays the island's demographics are more similar to a typical suburb of mainland Istanbul.