. . "Hatayan"@en . "Syrian"@en . . "1983"^^ . . . "President-General"@en . "Hatay (Antakya) is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast, with Syria to the south and east and the Turkish provinces of Adana and Osmaniye to the north. The province is part of \u00C7ukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region that covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay. The administrative capital is Antakya (Antioch), while the largest city in the province is the port city of \u0130skenderun (Alexandretta). There are border crossing points with Syria in the district of Yaylada\u011F\u0131 and at Cilveg\u00F6z\u00FC in the district of Reyhanl\u0131. Hatay was annexed from, what was then, the province of Syria (part of the Ottoman Empire) by France after World War I. France became the mandatory power in Syria and Lebanon, with self governed Alexandretta succumbing to its military control as part of this mandate. Although geographically part of Syria, in 1938, the province declared its independence from French-ruled Syria changing its name to Hatay. This took place despite France's mandatory responsibility to maintain the unity of Syrian lands (article 4 of the mandate). On June 29, 1939, the parliament of the newly declared Hatay Republic voted to join Turkey. Until Doomsday, the Syrian government does not recognize this decision, and considers Hatay to be part of Syria.[citation needed] In 1939, following a popular referendum it became a Turkish province. The Hassa district of Gaziantep and D\u00F6rtyol district of Adana were then incorporated to the province in order to increase the Turkish proportion of the population.[citation needed] The result was a flight of many Arabs and Armenians from Hatay to other parts of Syria. France's willingness to accede to Turkish demands was at least partly influenced by its government's wariness of getting involved in a potential overseas conflict while Germany posed a clear military threat on its immediate borders.[citation needed] As World War II began just afterwards, the League of Nations didn't have time to give its opinion about this cession.[citation needed]"@en . . "1988"^^ . "Republic of Hatay (1983: Doomsday)"@en . . "Hatayanflag.jpeg"@en . "Military Oligarchy"@en . "Turkish"@en . "Council of Generals"@en . "Turkish"@en . "Republic of Hatay"@en . . "Islam"@en . "Iskenderum"@en . "Hatay (Antakya) is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast, with Syria to the south and east and the Turkish provinces of Adana and Osmaniye to the north. The province is part of \u00C7ukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region that covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay. The administrative capital is Antakya (Antioch), while the largest city in the province is the port city of \u0130skenderun (Alexandretta). There are border crossing points with Syria in the district of Yaylada\u011F\u0131 and at Cilveg\u00F6z\u00FC in the district of Reyhanl\u0131."@en .