Alexandretta

E289880
Ottoman administrative division city former state port city seaport

Alexandretta, historically known as İskenderun, is a strategic port city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast that has long been a focal point of regional trade and territorial disputes.

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Label Occurrences
Alexandretta canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman administrative division ⓘ
city ⓘ
former state ⓘ
port city ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alexandretta ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedBy highway network ⓘ
railway ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
existedFrom 1938 ⓘ
existedUntil 1939 ⓘ
hasFunction commercial port ⓘ
industrial center ⓘ
hasIndustry logistics ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
hasPort İskenderun Port ⓘ
historicallyClaimedBy Syria ⓘ
historicallyControlledBy French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicallyDisputedBetween Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Sanjak of Alexandretta ⓘ
historicalNameOf İskenderun ⓘ
incorporatedInto Turkey ⓘ
incorporationYear 1939 ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Hatay Province ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone TRT ⓘ
locatedNear Syrian border ⓘ
locatedOn Gulf of İskenderun ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander the Great ⓘ
partOf Aleppo Eyalet ⓘ
surface form: Aleppo Vilayet

Cilicia ⓘ
Hatay Province ⓘ
surface form: Hatay State

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
religionPresent Alevism ⓘ
surface form: Alevi Islam

Christianity ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
strategicFor energy transport ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
transportHubFor northern Syria ⓘ
Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Turkey
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → appliesToTerritory → Alexandretta ⓘ
Alexandretta → alsoKnownAs → Alexandretta ⓘ
subject surface form: İskenderun
State of Aleppo → contains → Alexandretta ⓘ
Sanjak of Alexandretta → capital → Alexandretta ⓘ
Sanjak of Alexandretta → portCity → Alexandretta ⓘ