This archipelago of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara has been inhabited ever since Byzantine times by monastic communities, and was used as a place of exile for deposed rulers.
There are nine islands in the Sea of Marmara.
What damaged the Los Angeles Times most after the initial revelations seeped out (from an alternative weekly that didn't exist 20 years ago, it's worth noting) was the beating it took from other big media.