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'Burgazada' or 'Burgaz' shortly ( ''Antigoni'') is the third largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul.
It is officially a neighbourhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul, Turkey.
Burgaz is a common setting and even a major theme for writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık, where he also resided. Today, his residence is kept as a museum.
In 2003 Burgaz suffered a terrible forest fire, losing 4 square kilometres of woodland.
The island consists of a single hill 2 kilometres across. Demetrius I of Macedon, one of the Diadochi (Successors) of Alexander the Great, built a fort (Greek:''Pyrgos'' for fort/tower) here and named it after his father Antigonus I Monophthalmus. The island took this name, but is generally known by the Turks today as simply "Burgaz" .