Hatay State
Former transitional political entity in the Middle East, from 1938 to 1939 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the modern Turkish province, see Hatay Province.
Hatay State (Turkish: Hatay Devleti; French: État du Hatay; Arabic: دولة حطاي, romanized: Dawlat Ḥaṭāy), also known informally as the Republic of Hatay (Arabic: جمهورية حطاي, romanized: Jumhūriyyat Ḥaṭāy), was a transitional political entity that existed from 7 September 1938 to 29 June 1939, being located in the territory of the Sanjak of Alexandretta of the French Mandate of Syria. The state was transformed de facto into the Hatay Province of Turkey on 7 July 1939, de jure joining the country on 23 July 1939.
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Hatay State | |||||||||
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1938–1939 | |||||||||
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Anthem: İstiklâl Marşı | |||||||||
Capital | Antakya (Antioch) 36°25′49″N 36°10′27″E | ||||||||
Common languages | Turkish (official) French (second) Levantine Arabic | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1938–1939 | Tayfur Sökmen | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1938–1939 | Abdurrahman Melek | ||||||||
Legislature | Hatay State People's Assembly | ||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Independence | 2 September 1938 | ||||||||
• Union with Turkey | 29 June 1939 | ||||||||
Currency | Turkish liraa | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
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