page_title: Princes' Islands
section_title: Sedef Island
hierarchical_section_title: Princes' Islands / Islands / Sedef Island
caption_attribution_description: English: A great view from the top of Buyukada
context_page_description: The Prince Islands or Kızıl Adalar in Turkish, officially just Adalar, are an archipelago off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. The islands constitute the Adalar district of Istanbul Province. The mayor of the Adalar district is Erdem Gül.
  They consist of four larger islands, Büyükada with an area of 5.46 km², Heybeliada with an area of 2.4 km², Burgazada with an area of 1.5 km², Kınalıada with an area of 1.3 km², and five much smaller ones, Sedef Adası with an area of 0.157 km², Yassıada with an area of 0.05 km², Sivriada with an area of 0.05 km², Kaşık Adası with an area of 0.006 km², and Tavşan Adası with an area of 0.004 km².
context_section_description: Sedef Island, (Turkish: Sedef Adası, meaning "Mother-of-Pearl Island"; Greek: Τερέβινθος, romanized: Terebinthos, also in the modern corrupted form Αντιρόβυθος, Antirovythos) is one of the smallest islands of the archipelago, and has 108 private homes. The section that's open to the general public largely consists of a beach hamlet. The island is mostly private property and the current pine forests were largely planted by its owner Şehsuvar Menemencioğlu, who purchased the island in 1956 and also played an important role in the imposition of a strict building code to make sure that the island's nature and environment will be protected. He has forbidden the building of structures with more than 2 floors.
  The island's Greek name, Terebinthos, means "terebinth", which suggests a significant presence of the terebinth in earlier times. In 857 AD Patriarch Ignatios of Constantinople was exiled to the island and imprisoned for 10 years before being re-elected as Patriarch in 867 AD.
caption: A view of Sedef Island from Büyükada
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