İslahiye is a municipality and

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Gaziantep Province Gaziantep Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in ...

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. Its area is 865 km², and its population is 67,650 (2022). It is a railway border crossing into

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

. Near İslahiye is the site of ancient Nicopolis. The

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

of Islahiye is the last stop on the railway to

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

in Syria. Since March 2001, a regular train line runs once a week between Syria and

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via Islahiye. The state road D.825, which connects

Gaziantep Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...

with

Antakya Antakya (), Turkish form of Antioch, is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is . Prior to the devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, 2023 earthquakes, its population was recorded ...

, runs through İslahiye. The town is inhabited by Yörüks of the Aydınlı tribe. English traveler Mark Sykes recorded İslahiye as a town inhabited by Turks in early 20th century. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck İslahiye on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the town and many deaths.

Composition

There are 71

neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in İslahiye District: * Ağabey * Ağalarobası * Akınyolu * Alaca * Altınüzüm * Arpalı * Atatürk * Aydınlık * Bahçelievler * Bayraktepe * Beyler * Boğaziçi * Burhaniye * Burunsuzlar * Çamlıca * Çerçili * Cevdetpaşa * Çınarlı * Çolaklar *

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* Cumhuriyet * Değirmencik * Dervişpaşa * Elbistanhüyüğü * Erenler * Esenler * Fevziçakmak * Fevzipaşa * Göltepe * Güllühüyük *

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* Hacı Ali Öztürk * Hanağzı * Hasanlök * Hürriyet * İdilli * Kabaklar * Kalaycık *

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* 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

İslahiye has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

(

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: ''Csa''), with very hot, dry summers, and cool, wet winters.

References

Populated places in Gaziantep Province Districts of Gaziantep Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey Turkoman settlements in Gaziantep Province {{Gaziantep-geo-stub

Composition

Climate

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