page_title: Princes' Islands
section_title: Burgazada
hierarchical_section_title: Princes' Islands / Islands / Burgazada
caption_attribution_description: Ferry port of Burgazada, Turkey
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: Burgazada (meaning "Fortress Island"; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη, romanized: Antigonē) is the third largest of the Islands, a single hill 2 km across. Demetrius I of Macedon, one of the Diadochi (Successors) of Alexander the Great, built a fort here and named it after his father Antigonus I Monophthalmus. The island took this name, but today is generally known by the Turks simply as "Burgaz" (Turkish for "fort"). In 2003 Burgaz suffered a forest fire, losing 4 square kilometres of woodland.
  Burgaz is a common setting and even a major theme for writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık, where he also resided. Today, his residence is kept as a museum. At his favourite restaurant in Kalpazankaya (the counterfeiter's rock) one will also find his bronze statue enjoying the view with a glass of rakı freshly filled everyday by the restaurant owners. Until the mid-20th century, Burgazada was predominantly Jewish.
caption: Ferry port of Burgazada
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