Hassa is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey on the eastern side of the Nur (Amanos) Mountains, looking towards the city of Gaziantep. It is on the Antakya-Malatya road. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hassa was part of the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Population: 9,719
Latitude: 36° 47' 57.98" N
Longitude: 36° 31' 4.01" E
The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persia, led by Darius III, in the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of Asia. The invading Maced…
Issus (Ancient Greek: Ἱσσός or Ἱσσοί) is an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river (a fast melt-water stream several metres wide) below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the…
The Nur Mountains (Turkish: Nur Dağları, "Mountains of Holy Light"), the ancient Amanus (Ancient Greek: Ἁμανός), is a mountain range in the Hatay Province of south-central Turkey, which runs roughly parallel to the Gulf of İskenderun.
The Battle of Issus was the third major battle in 194 between the forces of Emperor Septimius Severus and his rival, Pescennius Niger, part of the Year of the Five Emperors.
Dörtyol is a port city and oil terminus at the head of the Gulf of İskenderun, near the easternmost point of the Mediterranean coast.
Rajo (Arabic: راجو, Kurdish: Reco) or Raju is a town in Afrin District, Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Rajo is the center of a sub-district of the same name with approximately 65 villages and farms around it.
Kurd Mountains or Kurd-Dagh (Kurdish: Çiyayê Kurmênc, چیای کورمنج; Arabic: جبل الكرد Jabal al-Kurd; Turkish: Kurt Dağı), also called Aleppo Mountain (Arabic: جبل حلب Jabal Ḥalab), is a highland region in northwestern Syria and southeastern Turkey.…
The Pinarus River is a small stream in southern Anatolia near today's Turkey—Syria border.
Hassa is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey on the eastern side of the Nur (Amanos) Mountains, looking towards the city of Gaziantep. It is on the Antakya-Malatya road. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hassa was part of the Adana Vilayet o…
Zorkun is a yayla (summer resort) in Osmaniye Province, Turkey. Zorkun is at (36°58′N36°21′E) on the Nur Mountains, a chain mountain running in north -south direction, parallel to East Mediterranean coast. It is at an average altitude of about 1,55…
Tahtaköprü Dam is a dam in Turkey.
Meidan Ekbis (Arabic: ميدان اكبس) or Maydan Ikbis is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and Rajo to the south. The town lies on the S…
Yesilyurt is a town in Islahiye district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The town which is situated at 36°54'N 36°34'E is on Turkish state highway D.825 which connects Antakya to Kahramanmaras. It is 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Islahiye. Distance …
Aktepe is a town in the district of Hassa, Hatay Province, Turkey.