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Altınözü (Arabic: القصير, al-Quṣayr) is a district in the south-east of Hatay Province of Turkey, on the border between Turkey and Syria. The mayor is Rıfat Sarı (AKP).

Altınözü
Altınözü
Coordinates: 36°06′0″N 36°13′48″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Hatay
Government
• Mayor	Rıfat Sarı (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Köksal Şakalar
Area [1]
• District	471.82 km2 (182.17 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Urban	7,399
• District	59,169
• District density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Post code	31750
Website	www.altinozu.bel.tr

History

The region which was known as al-Quṣayr,[lower-alpha 1] was part of the Principality of Antioch during the Crusader era. In 1180, patriarch Aimery of Limoges fled to the region, after he had excommunicated Bohemond III in Antioch.[3][4] The latter besieged the region, but nobleman Rainald II Masoir supported the patriarch,[3] until King Baldwin IV sent a delegation to settle the dispute.[5]

During the land reform of Abdulhamid II, the region was part of the Aleppo vilayet. After World War I, the Ankara Agreement was signed in 1921, in which France was in control for 3 years, until the annexation of Hatay by Turkey, and the region was named as Altınözü.

Geography

Altınözü stands on the fertile Kuseyr plateau, and several crops such as olives (the largest olive growing area is in this part of Turkey), tobacco, grains and other crops are grown here. The district gets its water from the Yarseli reservoir.

Demographics

The district has a population of 52,819, out of which 7,379 live in the town of Altınözü. There is also a refugee camp called the Altinozu Camp that houses 1,350 Syrian Sunnis who have fled the Syrian civil war.[6] The population of the district is mostly Muslim with an Antiochian Greek Orthodox (also known as Rûm Orthodox) Christian community encompassing two churches in the capital of the district and the entirely Christian village of Tokaçlı.

Notes

References

Sources

• Buck, Andrew D. (2017). The Principality of Antioch and Its Frontiers in the Twelfth Century. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781783271733.
• Hamilton, Bernard (2000). The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64187-6.
• Runciman, Steven (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.

External links

• (in Turkish) local information, follow galeri for photos

На других языках

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[de] Altınözü

Altınözü (arabisch القصير) ist eine Stadtgemeinde (Belediye) im gleichnamigen Ilçe (Landkreis) der Provinz Hatay in der türkischen Mittelmeerregion und gleichzeitig ein Stadtbezirk der 2012 gebildeten Büyükşehir belediyesi Hatayl (Großstadtgemeinde/Metropolprovinz). Altınözü ist seit der Gebietsreform 2014 flächen- und einwohnermäßig identisch mit dem Landkreis.

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- [en] Altınözü

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[ru] Алтынёзю

Алтынёзю (тур. Altınözü) — город и район в провинции Хатай (Турция).

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