Prince Islands

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The Princes' Islands ( Turkish: Prens Adalari, usually only Adalar ) are a small group of islands in the Sea of ​​Marmara in the distance of 10 to 23 kilometers south-east of the Bosphorus, and also a district on the Asian side of the Turkish city Istanbul and thus a district of the province of İstanbul. The islands had, according to the census in December 2008 together 14,072 inhabitants.

Name Meaning

To avoid disputes about the succession among the usually numerous male children of a sultan (see also Harem ), these were still to Mehmed III. murdered by the heir to the throne when he took office. Later rulers introduced their younger brothers usually live long under strict house arrest. Have the potential successor of Ahmed I. still in a " Prince cage " accommodated said part of the seraglio, as they were later banished to the reason so-called Princes' Islands.

Communities

The island group and the district Adalar include nine islands, four of which are inhabited. Seat of administration is Buyukada.

On Heybeliada Ada (Greek: Halki ) is the seminary of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey, which is under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Opel. Since 1971, no seminarians should be trained more. The library is still open.

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