ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Hatay</title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Alexandrette, Iskenderun, Alexandretta"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Hatay <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xhatay.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xhatay.html"> <img src = "../banners/banhatay.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 12th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Hatay </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1900 <BR> 1920 <BR> 1921 <BR><BR> 1923 <BR> 1923 <BR> 1925 <BR> 1936 <BR><BR> 1937 <BR> 1938 <BR> late 1930es <BR> 1938 <BR> 1938 <BR> 1939 <BR><BR> 1940 <BR> 2000 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> During late Ottoman times, the Sanjak d'Alexandrette was part of the Vilayet of Aleppo <BR> League of Nations granted France mandate over Syria (including Alexandrette) <BR> Franco-Turkish Treaty of Ankara, recognized French sovereignty over Sanjak d'Alexandrette, <BR> provided statutes concerning the Turkish population element <BR> Treaty of Lausanne, recognized Republic of Turkey <BR> Sanjak d'Alexandrette administratively integrated into State of Halab (Aleppo) <BR> Sanjak d'Alexandrette, with special administrative status, integrated into State of Syria <BR> Elections of 1936; politicians favouring Syrian independence elected in Alexandrette; <BR> this caused Turkish protests <BR> New statute for Alexandrette emphasized region's autonomy <BR> census established 55 % of the population as ethnic Turks <BR> Franco-Turkish treaty; Republic of Hatay proclaimed <BR> Mass exodus of ethnic Armenians, leaving Sanjak d'Alexandrette <BR> Separate postage stamps issued for Alexandrette (overprints) <BR> France ceded Alexandrette to Turkey; Turkey annexed Hatay; annexation never recognized <BR> by Syria <BR> Hatay Province had a population of 246,100 <BR> Hatay Province had a population of 1,232,900 <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; 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