Zeytinliköy, Gökçeada

Zeytinliköy, also known by its former Greek name Agioi Theodoroi (), is a village on the island of Imbros in northwestern Turkey. It is part of the Gökçeada District of Çanakkale Province.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 179 (2022).

Geography It is located three kilometres west of the only town of the island, Gökçeada (historically "Panagia" in Greek), and ten kilometres west from the central port of the island. It stands at an altitude of approximately 100 metres, nearby Kastri hill.

History and demographics The village is one of the oldest settlements of the island of Imbros that is still inhabited. There are three Greek Orthodox Churches in the village.Google Maps The village had a total population of 179 in 2022, a notable increase since 2007, when it only had 86 inhabitants. It is one of the few predominantly Greek Orthodox settlements in Turkey, with the Greek population ranging at around 80%, and has a Greek mayor, Efstratios Zounis.Ο αγώνας για το γυμνάσιο της Ίμβρου, Official Website of KathimeriniMerkezi, Haber, ÇANAKKALE , 2015, www.muhtarlarkonfederasyonu.org A Greek minority primary school and kindergarten are operating in the village.Συγκίνηση στην Ίμβρο: 47 Έλληνες μαθητές αποφοίτησαν από τα σχολεία, 14 June 2019, www.pontos-news.gr

Notable people Apostolos Christodoulou (1856–1917), Greek theologist and priest Bartholomew I of Constantinople (born 1940), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Iakovos of America (1911–2005), primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America from 1959 to 1996 Spyros Meletzis (1906–2003), Greek photographerVorilla, Georgia, Σπύρος Μελετζής: Ο Ίμβριος φωτογράφος της Αντίστασης, 14 November 2014, www.pontos-news.grΣπύρος Μελετζής: Ο «φακός» της Εθνικής Αντίστασης - Συγκλονιστικά ντοκουμέντα, 13 November 2017, www.alfavita.gr

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