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Yayladağı

Flag_of_Turkey.svgYayladağı
Location in Turkey
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Overview
Region Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Province Hatay Province
Population 27,654 (2000)
Area 366 km²
Elevation 613 m
Postal code 31
Area code (0)326
Licence plate code 31
Governor website http://www.yayladagi.gov.tr/


Yayladağı is a district of Hatay Province of southern Turkey, on the border between Turkey and Syria, 51 km south of the city of Antakya.

Etymology

Yayladağı was formerly known as Ordu-Muradiye.

History

The district has a long history dating back to the Hittites. Islam was brought here by the Abbassid Arabs and from 1075 onwards the Seljuk Turks. During the Crusades the mountains were part of the principality of Antioch, then they returned to Turkish control and in 1268 were brought into the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Selim I during his campaign into Egypt.

Geography

Today Yayladağı itself is a small town of 8,000 people, providing the district with a health centre, high schools and other basics.

This is a mountainous district with a typical Mediterranean climate of hot, dry summers and warm, wet winters, but being inland and high up Yayladağı is cooler than most of Hatay, even seeing snow on the mountain peaks in winter. The main source of income is agriculture, 96km² of the land (small valleys and plateau in the mountains) is cultivated with olives, tobacco, vegetables, grains and other crops, the remainder is forest and mountain. The mountainsides are covered with pine, sandalwood and rough oak, or else shrubs including bay, thyme and oleander. Animals, especially goats, are grazed on the hillsides.

Yayladağı has a border crossing into Syria, and the village of Topraktutan, Turkey's southernmost point.

Places of interest

  • Kasım Bey Cami - Yayladağı's oldest mosque, built by the Avar lord that captured the area from the Byzantines.

Other historical buildings include the 500 year-old mosque Hacı Hüseyin Camii, a Roman bridge. There are ancient churches including the church of Barlahan on the Kel Dağı mountain, others in the villages of Çabala and Olgunlar, and the monastery named Kızlar Sarayı. There are also a number of caves and places said to possess healing powers.


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