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Defne Bakırcı
Defne is a new intracity district and second-level municipality in Hatay Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750,000 were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created new districts within the capital city which have second-level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality. Defne is one of them. Thus after 2014 the present Hatay central district was split into two. A part was named ''Defne'' and the name Hatay was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (''Defne'' means '' laurus'' which is one of the agricultural products of Hatay Province; it is also related to the ancient suburb of Antioch, Daphne.) Rural area There were 9 towns and 24 villages in the rural area of Defne district. Their official status has since become "neighborhood of Defne". See also *Defne Magnanery Defne Magnanery ( tr, Defne Koza Evi, lit=Cocoon House of Defne) is a vocational training center for silk farming, lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatay Province
Hatay Province ( tr, Hatay ili, ) is the southernmost province of Turkey. It is situated almost entirely outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of Adana to the northwest, Osmaniye to the north, and Gaziantep to the northeast. It is partially in Çukurova, a large fertile plain along Cilicia. Its administrative capital is Antakya, making it the only Turkish province not named after its administrative capital or any settlement. Sovereignty over most of the province remains disputed with neighbouring Syria, which claims that the province had a demographic Arab majority, and was separated from itself against the stipulations of the French Mandate of Syria in the years following Syria's occupation by France after World War I. History Antiquity Settled since the early Bronze Age, Hatay was once part of the Akkadian Empire, then of the Amorite Kingdom of Yamhad. Later, it became part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
