Çiçek Islands Explained

Çiçek Islands is an island group in the Gulf of İzmir, Turkey, located off the coast of Urla. The island group includes Akça, İncirli Island, Pırnarlı Island, Yassıca Island, Arap Islets, and Körtaş Islets. Çiçek Islands are considered as an Important Bird Area.

Geography

The island group includes Akça, İncirli Island, Pırnarlı Island, Yassıca Island, Arab Islets, and Körtaş Islets.^[1] ^[2] It is located in the Gulf of İzmir, off the coast of Urla.

Çiçek Islands were formed during the Middle Miocene geological period.^[3]

Quercus ilex, Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus, Phillyrea latifolia, Arbutus unedo, and Olea europea are the most common plants on the island group.^[4] It houses a significant amount of Caspian gulls (Larus cachinnans).^[4] For this reason, it is considered as an Important Bird Area.^[5] It also hosts the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).^[4]

The islands, which are uninhabited, are important destinations for daily tourism.^[4] There are fish farms off the shores of the islands.^[4] ^[6]

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