Garip Island

Garip Island is a small (88 acres) island off the coast of Dikili ilçe in İzmir Province, Turkey. It is one of two small islands, together called the Garip Islands (Turkish: Garip Adaları), at the cut point of Dikili's Bademli Bay. Both islands face the Greek island of Lesbos.

Dikili coastline with Garip Island in the background

The islands are at 39°00′N 26°47′E, just to the west of Kalem Island. The distance between the two is about 500 metres (1,600 ft). The nearest point on the mainland (Anatolia) is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the north east. In antiquity these islands, along with a third island that has now joined the mainland, were known as the Arginusae; they were the site of the Battle of Arginusae in 406 BC.

Offered for sale under a single title deed in 2006, the islands were sold to a Turkish development group in 2010. No construction was undertaken on the islands.[1] Subsequently, in 2016 the island was expropriated by the Turkish Government.[2]