Haymana is a municipality and

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. Its area is 2,164 km², and its population is 26,016 (2022). It is 72 km south of the capital,

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. Its elevation is 1200 m.

Etymology

According to the 1074-dated dictionary

Dīwān ul-Lughat al-Turk Diwan and divan are terms originally used in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish with derivatives in other Asian and European languages such as diwaan, dewan, etc. (see etymology sections at Divan, Diwan (poetry) and Dewan). These terms may refer to: Ar ...

, haymana means

prairie Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...

in Turkish.

History

Archaeological excavations were launched in ''Gavur Kalesi'', a castle situated in the village of Dereköy, in the years 1930 and 1998. The results showed that it was an important Phrygian settlement. Besides, the tumuli located in Türkhöyük and Oyaca villages prove that the area was also inhabited during the Hittite period. After the periods of the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

rule, the area was captured by the

Seljuk Turks The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate society, Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persi ...

in 1127. After the

Battle of Köse Dağ The Battle of Köse Dağ took place in eastern Anatolia on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol Empire, Mongol army under the general Baiju Noyan, Baiju and was decisively ...

it came under

Ilkhanate The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire. It was ruled by the Il-Khans or Ilkhanids (), and known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (). The Ilkhanid realm was officially known ...

control for a while. In the mid 14th century the area was annexed by the

Ottomans Ottoman may refer to: * Osman I, historically known in English as "Ottoman I", founder of the Ottoman Empire * Osman II, historically known in English as "Ottoman II" * Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empir ...

. After a brief period of Timurid rule in the wake of the

Battle of Ankara The Battle of Ankara or Angora () was fought on 28 July 1402, at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the emir of the Timurid Empire, Timur. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to ...

in 1402, it was re-captured by the Ottomans.

Demographics

Age structure

The district of Haymana has a relatively young population but it is ageing very quickly.

Composition

There are 78

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 Haymana District: * Ahırlıkuyu * Alaçık * Alahacılı * Altıpınar * Ataköy * Bahçecik * Balçıkhisar * Baltalin * Boğazkaya * Bostanhüyük * Bumsuz * Büyükkonak * Büyükyağcı * Çaldağ * Çalış * Çatak * Çayraz * Çeltikli * Cihanşah * Cingirli * Culuk *

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* Dereköy * Deveci * Devecipınarı * Durupınar * Durutlar * Emirler * Esen * Eskikışla * Evci * Evliyafakı * Gedik * Gültepe * Güzelcekale *

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* Karahoca *

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* Karasüleymanlı * Katrancı *

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* Kayabaşı * Kerpiç * Kesikkavak * Kirazoğlu * Kızılkoyunlu * Küçükkonak * Küçükyağcı * Kutluhan * Mandıra * Medrese * Saatli * Sarıdeğirmen *

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* Sazağası * Şerefligökgöz * Serinyayla * Seyran * Sinanlı * Sındıran * Sırçasaray * Soğulca * Söğüttepe * Tabaklı * Tepeköy * Toyçayırı * Türkhüyük * Türkşerefli * Yamak * Yaprakbayırı * Yaylabeyi * Yeni * Yeniköy * Yergömü *

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* Yukarısebil * Yurtbeyli

Prominent residents

* Ömer Özkan, Turkish plastic surgeon. An associate professor at the Akdeniz University in Antalya, he led the team that performed in 2012 the first full face transplant in Turkey. *

Burhan Sönmez Burhan Sönmez (born 1965) is a Kurdish novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021. He is also Senior Member and a By-Fellow of Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge. Sönme ...

, writer * Haymana Prison has had notable residents as inmates over the years, including historian Fikret Başkaya, professor of foreign relations Haluk Gerger,

Workers' Party (Turkey) The Workers' Party (İP) () was a Turkish political party founded in 1992 and led by Doğu Perinçek. It had its roots in the Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİİKP), the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİKP), ...

leader

Doğu Perinçek Doğu Perinçek (; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an ...

, political scientist

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, and playwright Bilgesu Erenus (the latter two jointly published their Haymana memoirs).

References

External links

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website
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