The Dodecanese Islands got their name from the form of government implemented by the Ottoman Empire in non-Muslim regions. According to this system called 12, each ten households would appoint a representative, and these representatives would elect a "twelve-person council of elders" to govern the region. The Turkish name "Twelve Islands"; It was first translated into Greek and then translated into other Western languages.
In the group of islands called "Twelve Islands", there are not only twelve islands, as its name suggests. This island group, which is called the "Twelve Islands", has fourteen islands if only the large ones are counted, and more than twenty islands and islets if all of them are counted, whether large or small. These are called "Southern Sporade Islands" or "Southern Sporades". Also, each island has its own name. The number twelve here; It means "islands governed by a twelve-member assembly", not to express the number of islands.
In the Ottomans, it was called "Aegean Islands", then Algeria-i Bahr-i Sefid (Mediterranean Islands)" and "Cezair-i isna asher". Later on, the Mediterranean Islands, which were administrative provinces, were the Dodecanese Islands, such as Samos and Chios. It also included the remaining islands.
The Turks adapted some of these names to the dagger of Turkish, and gave some Turkish names. The name Rhodes remained as it was. Kasos became Kasot; Karpethos, Kerpe; Aliminya, Limoniye; Symi, Symi; Tilos, Ilyaki; Nisyros, Incirli; Mandraki, Yali; Kos, Kos; Astropalya, Koçbaba; Kalymnos, Kilimli; Kharki became Everyone; Patmos, Meis, Herke, Lipos, Leros are said as they are.
In European sources, the terms "Southern Sporades Islands" or "Southern Sporades" are used for the said group of islands.
In the group of islands called "Twelve Islands", there are not only twelve islands, as its name suggests. This island group, which is called the "Twelve Islands", has fourteen islands if only the large ones are counted, and more than twenty islands and islets if all of them are counted, whether large or small. These are called "Southern Sporade Islands" or "Southern Sporades". Also, each island has its own name. The number twelve here; It means "islands governed by a twelve-member assembly", not to express the number of islands.
In the Ottomans, it was called "Aegean Islands", then Algeria-i Bahr-i Sefid (Mediterranean Islands)" and "Cezair-i isna asher". Later on, the Mediterranean Islands, which were administrative provinces, were the Dodecanese Islands, such as Samos and Chios. It also included the remaining islands.
The Turks adapted some of these names to the dagger of Turkish, and gave some Turkish names. The name Rhodes remained as it was. Kasos became Kasot; Karpethos, Kerpe; Aliminya, Limoniye; Symi, Symi; Tilos, Ilyaki; Nisyros, Incirli; Mandraki, Yali; Kos, Kos; Astropalya, Koçbaba; Kalymnos, Kilimli; Kharki became Everyone; Patmos, Meis, Herke, Lipos, Leros are said as they are.
In European sources, the terms "Southern Sporades Islands" or "Southern Sporades" are used for the said group of islands.
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