KIZ KULESİ / TURKISH TRANSLATION

Diğer bir efsane ise Prenses Efsanesidir, vaktiyle bir falcı, şehrin kralına; kızının 18 yaşına geldiğinde bir yılanın zehriyle öleceği kehanetinde bulunur. Kızını çok seven kral, kızını korumaya almak için Salacak açıklarındaki kayalıklara bir kule inşa ettirir ve kızını bu kuleye yerleştirir.Kral sık sık kızını bu kulede ziyaret edermiş.18. Yaş gününde kuleye bir çok hediye gelmiş. Şehirden kuleye gelen hediyelerin arasında bir sepet meyve varmış. Bu meyve sepetinden çıkan yılan, kızı sokar ve kız ölür.

 MAIDEN’S TOWER / ENGLISH TRANSLATION

According to the most popular Turkish legend, a sultan had a much beloved daughter and one day, an oracle prophesied that she would be killed by a venomous snake on her 18th birthday. The sultan, in an effort to thwart his daughter's early demise by placing her away from land so as to keep her away from any snakes, had the tower built in the middle of the Bosphorus to protect his daughter until her 18th birthday. The princess was placed in the tower, where she was frequently visited only by her father.
On the 18th birthday of the princess, the sultan brought her a basket of exotic sumptuous fruits as a birthday gift, delighted that he was able to prevent the prophecy. Upon reaching into the basket, however, an snake that had been hiding among the fruit bit the young princess and she died in her father's arms, just as the oracle had predicted. Hence the name Maiden's Tower.