Effects of Factors on Disperse of Settlement in Gokceada (Imbros) from Past to Today

Gokceada, the largest Turkish island in NW of Turkey, in the Aegean Sea, is near the entrance to the Dardanelles. The Ince (Avlaka) cape which is at the west side of island is the westernmost side of Turkey. In terms of settlements, the island is very rich. Todays landscape of settlement form both of physical geography and historical geography is affected. Gokceda is a hilly island and villages are aggregated forms and well-arranged. The diversity settlement is on the northeast seaboard of the island. In this study, settlements are presented regarding with historical period. Some important settlements of island are built on Buyukdere valley. The administrative composition of Gokceada consists of a central town with 9 villages and some quarters. These villages are Kalekoy, Eski Bademli, Zeytinlikoy, Tepekoy, Derekoy, Yeni Bademli, Sirinkoy, Eselek and Ugurlu. Rums had been consist of rural settlement shape. Gokceada villages have different social and cultural structure. The majority of the population was Greek, but now majority of population is Turks. Via urbanization, central town have been getting bigger area, old image haven't seen, urban build and urban function have rised. In this paper, Gokceada settlements are contained from historical time to today.