Heybeliada | |
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 Naval Cadet School in Heybeliada | |
  Heybeliada Location in Turkey  Heybeliada Heybeliada (Istanbul) | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′40″N 29°05′30″E / 40.87778°N 29.09167°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Istanbul |
| District | Adalar |
| Population (2022) | 4,424 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Heybeliada, or Heybeli Ada, is the second largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 4,424 (2022).[2] Its name, meaning 'with a saddlebag' in Turkish, in supposed reference to the valley between two hills.
The island was known as Halki, Halkitis (Greek: Χαλκίτις) and Demonesos (Δημόνησος) in antiquity, the first two toponyms deriving from the Greek word halkos (Greek: χαλκός), meaning copper. The island was famous for its copper and copper ores in antiquity.[3]
In winter the island's population is only about 4,400, but in summer, the owners of summer houses return and the population swells to approximately 30,000.[4]
Launched in 2008, TCG Heybeliada, used by the Turkish Navy is named after the island.[5]
Until 2020, the only vehicles permitted on the island were ambulances, fire tenders, police cars etc.; the only official form of transport was by horse-drawn phaeton. However, as tourism steadily increased animal-rights activists became increasingly concerned about the horses' welfare and so the phaetons were withdrawn in favour of electric vehicles.[6]
The island is served by Şehir Hatları ferries from Kabataş and Eminönü on the European side of İstanbul and Kadıköy and Bostanci on the Asian side.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Moges Xenophon, “The Greek School of Commerce in Halki” (Μογές Δ. Ξενοφών, Η εν Χάλκη Ελληνεμπορική Σχολή). Constantinople, 1875, p. 5-8, citing Artemidorus of Ephesus Natural History, and (Pseudo)Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard, vol. 16, p. 191
- ^ Freely, John (2007). The Princes' Islands (1st ed.). Istanbul: Adalı Yayınları. pp. 48–67. ISBN 978-9759119003.
- ^ "TCG Heybeliada (F-511)". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Phaetons removed in Princes' Islands". Kartal 24. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2022-08-04.