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    Yassıada

    Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Adası, Democracy and Freedom Island

    40°52′N 29°00′E

    Yassıada (Turkish: Flat Island), known as Plati (Greek: Πλάτη) in Greek times and officially renamed Democracy and Freedom Island (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Özgürlükler Adası) in 2013, is one of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul.

    Ostansicht der Insel Yassıada im Marmarameer vor Istanbul.
    Ostansicht der Insel Yassıada im Marmarameer vor Istanbul.

    Julian Nyča / CC BY-SA 4.0

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    40°52′N 29°00′E

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    Yassıada (Turkish: Flat Island), known as Plati (Greek: Πλάτη) in Greek times and officially renamed Democracy and Freedom Island (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Özgürlükler Adası) in 2013, is one of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul. In Byzantine times, it was also known as Plati (Greek: Πλάτη). It should not be confused with Yassi Ada, a different island in the Aegean Sea. The island, which has an area of 45 acres (18 ha), is officially a neighbourhood of Adalar (Turkish: Islands) district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
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    • Wikipedia

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