Dörtyol

Dörtyol is a port ceety an ile terminus at the heid o the Gulf o İskenderun, near the eastmaist point o the Mediterranean coast. Dörtyol is locatit 26 km north o the ceety o Iskenderun in the province o Hatay in southeastern Turkey.

Dörtyol
Dörtyol
Coordinates: 36°50′34″N 36°13′28″E
Kintra	Turkey
Province	Hatay
Govrenment
• Mayor	Yaşar Toksoy (MHP)
• Kaymakam	Recep Soytürk
Area [1]
• Destrict	599.97 km2 (231.65 sq mi)
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Urban	75,110
• Destrict	151837
• Destrict density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Post code	316xx
Website	www.dortyol.bel.tr

Geography

The name Dörtyol means "crossroads" (literally "fower roads") in Turkis, an indeed the toun sits on a crossing o heich-gates, especially the O-53 frae Anatolie sooth intae Hatay an on tae Sirie. The road is channelled alang the narrae coastal strip wi the Nur Muntains (the auncient Amanos) ahint. Dörtyol is at the edge o the Çukurova Plain an being near the coast, is humid an the kintraside is fairly green an fertile. Therefore as well as ile-handlin, the economic activities o the destrict include forestry, cotton, an the cultivation o citrus fruits, especially a local variety o tangerine.

History

This crossroads haes seen the passage o numerous airmies an some o the biggest military campaigns in history, includin the battle aetween Alexander the Great an Darius in 333 BC. Mair recently Dörtyol is remembered in Turkey as the scene o the first fechtin in the Turkis War o Unthirldom. The fechtin wi the occupyin forces wis ignitit in Karakese Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine which is locatit on the skirt o the Nur muntains veelage. In 1918 Dörtyol wis occupeed bi French troops supportit bi Armenie collaborators. Turks in the aurie retreatit tae the hills an began their resistance unner the leadership o Kara Hasan Pasha. Dörtyol wis thus no pairt o the Republic o Hatay but wis a Turkis destrict addit tae Hatay when the province wis brocht intae the Turkis republic in 1939.