Английская Википедия:Domuz Island

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Domuz Island Шаблон:Lang-tr, literally "Pig Island") is a Mediterranean island of Turkey. The island was popularly named after wild boars which were thought to live in the island.

Geography

Administratively, the island is a part of Fethiye ilçe (district) of Muğla Province. It is situated in the Gulf of Fethiye at Шаблон:Coord.[1] The area of the island is about Шаблон:Convert. The distance to the Tersane Island to the east is about Шаблон:Convert and to the Kapıdağ Peninsula (Dalaman) of the mainland (Anatolia) to the south west is Шаблон:Convert. There are pine and olive trees on the island, and it is a popular spot for daily excursion tours in the gulf.Шаблон:Citation needed

History

There are ruins, in and around the island. But the island now is uninhabited. During the Ottoman era, the island was purchased by Abbas II of Egypt, an Ottoman viceroy of Egypt. During the Turkish Republic, it was sold to Sedat Simavi a journalist and a businessman. Simavi was the owner of the Hürriyet newspaper and the island was also called "Hürriyet Island".[2]

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Шаблон:Islands of Turkey