Makronísia Başak Adası is literally Spike Island. Esek Islands literally means Donkey Island Koyun Adası literally means Sheep Island Tavşan Adası literally...

database). Cunda Island is also called Alibey Island (Turkish: Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası). It is located in Balıkesir Province, Turkey Imbros or İmroz, officially...

area of 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi), Kaşık Adası ("Spoon Island") with an area of 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi), and Tavşan Adası ("Rabbit Island") with an area of 0...

along with the Turkish provinces of Edirne, Çanakkale, Balıkesir, İzmir, Aydın and Muğla to the east of the sea. Various Turkish islands in the sea are...

first time in 1334, during a devastating raid by the Turkish ruler Umur of Aydin. It was only shortly before this raid that the Venetian nobleman Giovanni...

and 1345–1360 it was raided by the Turkish principalities of Menteshe and Aydın, but did not suffer much damage. Because of the Venetians the island became...

raids against Naxos are recorded in 1324 and 1326, and in 1341, Umur of Aydın carried off 6,000 people from the island and imposed a payment of tribute...

Exchange Between Greece and Turkey, Berghahn Books, 2003, p. 120 "Hüzün Adası: İmroz" Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Yeniçağ, 12 July 2007...

to be placed on high alert. The Turkish Ambassador to Berlin, Ali Kemal Aydın, was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry and the German Chancellor Angela...