İslahiye
İslahiye | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing İslahiye District in Gaziantep Province | |
  İslahiye Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°01′30″N 36°38′04.20″E / 37.02500°N 36.6345000°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Gaziantep |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kemal Vural (AKP) |
| Area | 865 km2 (334 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 67,650 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 27800 |
| Area code | 0342 |
| Website | www |
İslahiye is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 865 km2,[3] and its population is 67,650 (2022).[1] It is a railway border crossing into Syria. Near İslahiye is the site of ancient Nicopolis.[4]
The railway station of Islahiye is the last stop on the railway to Damascus in Syria. Since March 2001, a regular train line runs once a week between Syria and Iran via Islahiye.[5] The state road D.825, which connects Gaziantep with Antakya, runs through İslahiye.
The town is inhabited by Yörüks of the Aydınlı tribe.[6] English traveler Mark Sykes recorded İslahiye as a town inhabited by Turks in early 20th century.[7]
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck İslahiye on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the town and many deaths.[8]
Composition
[edit]There are 71 neighbourhoods in İslahiye District:[9]
- Ağabey
- Ağalarobası
- Akınyolu
- Alaca
- Altınüzüm
- Arpalı
- Atatürk
- Aydınlık
- Bahçelievler
- Bayraktepe
- Beyler
- Boğaziçi
- Burhaniye
- Burunsuzlar
- Çamlıca
- Çerçili
- Cevdetpaşa
- Çınarlı
- Çolaklar
- Çubuk
- Cumhuriyet
- Değirmencik
- Dervişpaşa
- Elbistanhüyüğü
- Erenler
- Esenler
- Fevziçakmak
- Fevzipaşa
- Göltepe
- Güllühüyük
- Güngören
- Hacı Ali Öztürk
- Hanağzı
- Hasanlök
- Hürriyet
- İdilli
- Kabaklar
- Kalaycık
- Kale
- Karacaören
- Karakaya
- Karapınar
- Karapolat
- Kayabaşı
- Kazıklı
- Kırıkçalı
- Koçcağız
- Köklü
- Kozdere
- Kuşçumustafa
- Ortaklı
- Örtülü
- Pınarbaşı
- Şahmaran
- Şerikanlı
- Serinevler
- Sulumağara
- Tandır
- Telli
- Türkbahçe
- Yağızlar
- Yelliburun
- Yeni
- Yeniceli
- Yeniköy
- Yesemek
- Yeşilova
- Yeşilyurt
- Yolbaşı
- Yukarıbilenler
- Zincirli
Climate
[edit]İslahiye has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),[10] with very hot, dry summers, and cool, wet winters.
| Climate data for İslahiye (1991–2020) |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ "Ulaşım" (in Turkish). Islahiye Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
- ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 147.
- ^ Sykes, Mark (1904). Dar-ul-Islam: A Record of a Journey Through Ten of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey. Bickers & Son. p. 261.
- ^ "Islahiye, a city devastated by the earthquake: 'We spend our days feeling thankful for being alive'". El País. 2023-02-10.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — İslahiye". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
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