Definitions

1. Alexandretta (Hatay) was handed over to Turkey by the French in 1939 after complaints by Atatürk about the alleged mistreatment of the Turkish population.
2. Alexandretta is also located within the province, but is now known by its Turkish name, İskenderun.

French

1. The French occupied the important southern city of Alexandretta (today Iskenderun) and by early 1919 were moving inland.
2. On 2nd September 1938 the French turned the Alexandretta district into the autonomous Republic of Hatay. (Web site)

Autonomous

1. Under a French-Turkish treaty of 20 October 1921 the Sanjak of Alexandretta was made autonomous, and remained so from 1921 to 1923.

Persians

1. Iskenderun, formerly Alexandretta, was founded by Alexander the Great after his victory over the Persians on the Plain of Issos. (Web site)

Turkish

1. In 1936 Atatürk coined the name Hatay for the Sanjak of Alexandretta, and raised the issue of Hatay (Turkish: Hatay meselesi) at the League of Nations.

Treaty

1. The Treaty of Ankara or the Franklin-Bouillon Agreement did not resolve the problems in connection with the sanjak of Alexandretta.

Southward

1. From that plain one road ran southward through another masonry (Syrian) gate to Alexandretta, and thence crossed Mt. (Web site)
2. His principality, which extended from Iskenderun (Alexandretta) southward beyond Latakia, was one of the most powerful of the Crusaders' states. (Web site)

Coast

1. This bay furnishes the best anchorage for ships of any on this coast except that of George, at Beirut, and Alexandretta at the extreme north. (Web site)

Port City

1. The port city of Alexandretta along the Turkish-Syrian border was awarded to France. (Web site)

Holy Grail

1. In the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jones claims the Holy Grail is in the "canyon of the crescent moon" outside of Alexandretta.

Modern Name

1. Hatay is the modern name for the historic Sanjak of Alexandretta, at the eastern end of Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

Province

1. Arabs then constituted about two-thirds of the population of Hatay (known to the Arabs as Alexandretta), and the province has remained predominantly Arab. (Web site)

Governorate

1. Together with the Governorate of Idlib (and the disputed Sanjak of Alexandretta), the Governorate of Aleppo make up the Northern Region of Syria.

City

1. Indiana explains that Alexandretta was completely demolished by the end of the first crusades and that the city is now known as Iskenderun. (Web site)

Antioch

1. Then in the 1940s it lost its main access to the sea, Antioch and Alexandretta (Iskenderun), also to Turkey. (Web site)
2. Although the area was predominantly Arab, Antioch and Alexandretta were ceded by the Mandatory authority, France, to Turkey in 1939. (Web site)
3. Professor Zaki Alarsuzi, a notable teacher and lawyer from Arsuz (on the coast of Alexandretta) published a newspaper called 'Arabism' in 1930 in Antioch.

Syria

1. The Syrian government does not recognize this decision, and considers Hatay (Alexandretta) to be part of Syria.
2. As a result of the Treaty of Lausanne, the former Ottoman Sanjak (province) of Alexandretta (present-day Hatay Province) was ceded to Syria.
3. Many consider that Alexandretta had been traditionally part of the region of Syria. (Web site)

French Mandate

1. As part of the district of Alexandretta, or Hatay, Musa Dagh remained under French Mandate until 1939. (Web site)

Turkey

1. The conflict involved a region known as the Hatay province in Turkey and Alexandretta in Syria. (Web site)
2. On June 30, 1939, France detached the Sanjak of Alexandretta from Syria and ceded it to Turkey. (Web site)
3. In 1939 France detached Hatay (formerly Alexandretta) province from Syria and ceded it to Turkey, an action bitterly opposed by Arab nationalists. (Web site)

Sanjak

1. Hatay was originally the sanjak (or governorate) of Alexandretta, part of the Ottoman Empire.
2. Anti-French feeling continued as a result of the cession of the sanjak of Alexandretta (see Hatay) to Turkey, completed in 1939. (Web site)
3. Hatay, formerly sanjak of Alexandretta, province (1990 pop.

Iskenderun

1. As a result, Antioch never recovered as a major city, with much of its former role falling to the port city of Alexandretta (Iskenderun).
2. The capital of Hatay was Alexandretta before 1939 when the city's name was changed to Iskenderun and the capital moved to Antioch. (Web site)
3. Osmaniye, town in southern Turkey, the capital of Osmaniye province, just north of the Gulf of Iskenderun (Gulf of Alexandretta) of the Mediterranean Sea.

Hatay

1. One of the shortest-lived countries is the Republic of Hatay out of the Sanjak (Province) of Alexandretta. (Web site)
2. In the movie the grail is located in the Republic of Hatay near the city of Alexandretta. (Web site)
3. The Treaty of Lausanne (1923) established the present boundaries of Turkey, except for the disputed region of Alexandretta (Iskenderun; see Hatay). (Web site)

Alexandretta

1. The administrative capital is Antakya (Antioch), while the largest city in the province is the port city of ?skenderun (Alexandretta). (Web site)
2. The administrative capital is Antakya (Antioch), while the largest city in the province is the port city of İskenderun (Alexandretta). (Web site)
3. Iskenderun formerly known in the west as Alexandretta is a city in the Turkish province of Hatay.

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