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Hatay

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hatay , formerly sanjak of Alexandretta, province (1990 pop. 1,002,252), 2,141 sq mi (5,545 sq km), S Turkey, including the cities of Antioch (now Antakya) and Alexandretta (now Iskenderun). Iron is mined and Hatay is a transportation link with Syria and other parts of Turkey. The population is predominantly Arab but includes many Christians. The sanjak of Alexandretta was awarded to Syria in 1920 and in 1936 became the subject of a complaint to the League of Nations by Turkey, which claimed that the privileges of the Turkish minority in the sanjak were being infringed. The sanjak was given... Read more

Hatay
Hatay, Turkey Alexandretta A province previously known as the sancak ‘...Alexandretta district of Syria became the autonomous republic of The Hatay, so‐called by the French for reasons unknown and in reality the...of the plebiscite ordered by the League of Nations, France ceded The Hatay to ... Read more

Antakya
Antakya (formerly Antioch, now also Hatay) City in s Turkey on the River Orontes; capital of Hatay province. Founded in c. 300 bc by Seleucus I, it was taken for Rome by Pompey (64 bc), and earned the title ‘Queen of the east’. Saint... Read more

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	PKK Rebels Kill Four People in Turkey ; ...Workers' Party (PKK) attacked a village in Hatay Province bordering Syria and killed four...The statement issued by the office of the Hatay Province said that a group of PKK militants...wounded in the attack, the statement added. Hatay province is one of the hot places where... Read more
	New tanks keep beer firm rolling, THE VIETNAM INVESTMENT REVIEW ; 00-00-0000 HATAY Brewery's $62-million plant in Ha Tay province is rolling along right on...the road journey from the pier to the brewery. Over the last 10 years, Hatay Brewery has contributed much towards the development of Ha Tay province... Read more
	COURT RELEASES BOMB SUSPECTS ; According to "Dunya", the Turkish court in Hatay has released 20 people who had been handed over by Syria in connection...four blasts. They were detained for questioning by authorities in Hatay, a city at the south end of Turkey, bordering Syria. Read more
	VIETNAM: Construction plans for proposed $70,000,000 brewery are being reconsidered, ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES (APB) [Singapore] - Order #: 073901. ; ...LTD. established a 60:40 joint venture with the state-owned HATAY FOOD CO. to build a brewery in Vietnam some time ago. And, the...another plant in the country. The new facility, to be sited at Hatay some 25 kms south of the capital city Hanoi, is expected to... Read more
	6 Soldiers Wounded in Mine Explosion in Turkey ; Six soldiers were wounded on Saturday when a mine exploded in Hatay province in southeastern Turkey, the Anatolia News Agency reported. The mine blasted at 16:30 local time (13:30 GMT) when a military... Read more
	DYP LEADER CRITICIZES GOVT. ; According to Cumhuriyet, speaking at a meeting of his party in Hatay over the weekend, opposition True Path Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar charged that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government had failed to keep the promises it made before coming to power. Read more
	Turkey Reacts Against Syria's Map in Tourism Fair ANKARA, March 13 ; ...distributed in its stand in the fair, including in its own territory, Hatay and Iskenderun, two towns within the borders of Turkey, the...that "even Syrian President Hafez al-Assad cannot enter into Hatay without passport." Asim Temizgil, the Turkish consul general... Read more
	IPUK HEAD CLAIMS TURKISH HARBOR BELONGS TO SYRIA ; ...leader Jalal Talabani claimed that Turkey's Iskenderun Harbor, a Mediterranean part in the province of Hatay, belonged to neighboring Syria. Hatay has been a Turkish province since the early days of modern Turkey, when its residents freely voted to... Read more
	The early upper Palaeolithic of Ucagizli Cave, Turkey. (News & Notes).(Brief Article) ; ...palaeoanthropologists. Ucagizli Cave, located in the Hatay region, is one of only three excavated...conduct research at Ucagizli Cave. The Hatay Museum, Ankara University and the University...Ucagizli Magara, un site aurignacien dans le Hatay (Anatolie): premiers resultats, Paleorient... Read more
	Three village guards shot dead in Turkey ; A total of three village guards were killed by gunmen in Dortyol town of southern province of Hatay, Turkish sources reported on Monday. Read more

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