Çelebi Island

Çelebi Island is an Aegean island in Turkey.

The island at 37.00806°N, 27.35944°W is a part of Bodrum ilçe (district) of Muğla Province. It is situated in the center of a gulf facing Bitez. Its distance to Bodrum is 7 km Its area is about 0.1 km.

Recently, the visitors had brought five rabbits to the uninhabited island. Without a predator, the rabbits multiplied quickly and they began to threaten the plant cover of the island. Although the municipality tried to feed the rabbits they face the risk of starvation