Sanjak of Alexandretta

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autonomous district former administrative division sanjak

The Sanjak of Alexandretta was a former autonomous district in the northern Levant, centered on the port city of Alexandretta (modern İskenderun), whose disputed status between Syria and Turkey in the early 20th century made it a focal point of regional tensions.

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Label Occurrences
Sanjak of Alexandretta canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous district ⓘ
former administrative division ⓘ
sanjak ⓘ
administeredBy French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate authorities
borderedBy Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capital Alexandretta ⓘ
İskenderun ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
disputedBy Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
ethnicGroup Alawites ⓘ
Arabs ⓘ
Armenians ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Muslims

Turks ⓘ
geopoliticalRole focal point of regional tensions between Syria and Turkey ⓘ
historicalEra interwar period ⓘ
late Ottoman period ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: northern Levant
locatedInPresentDay Hatay Province ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
mergedInto Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
partOf Aleppo Eyalet ⓘ
surface form: Aleppo Vilayet

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Syria ⓘ
surface form: State of Syria

Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Federation

Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Republic
portCity Alexandretta ⓘ
İskenderun ⓘ
reasonForNotability disputed status between Syria and Turkey in the 20th century ⓘ
example of border changes after World War I ⓘ
regionType borderland region ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
significantEvent League of Nations mediation over its status ⓘ
creation of autonomous status within French Mandate ⓘ
proclamation of Hatay State ⓘ
successor Hatay Province ⓘ
Hatay Province ⓘ
surface form: Hatay State
underMandateOf France ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Armenian ⓘ
French ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → includesAdministrativeUnit → Sanjak of Alexandretta ⓘ
Alexandretta → historicallyPartOf → Sanjak of Alexandretta ⓘ
Alawite State → borderedBy → Sanjak of Alexandretta ⓘ
State of Damascus → sharesBorderWith → Sanjak of Alexandretta ⓘ