Dörtyol

Dörtyol  is a port ceety an ile terminus at the heid o the Gulf o İskenderun, near the eastmaist point o the Mediterranean coast. Dörtyol is locatit 26 km north o the ceety o Iskenderun in the province o Hatay in southeastern Turkey.

Geography
The name Dörtyol means "crossroads" (literally "fower roads") in Turkis, an indeed the toun sits on a crossing o heich-gates, especially the O-53 frae Anatolie sooth intae Hatay an on tae Sirie. The road is channelled alang the narrae coastal strip wi the Nur Muntains (the auncient Amanos) ahint. Dörtyol is at the edge o the Çukurova Plain an being near the coast, is humid an the kintraside is fairly green an fertile. Therefore as well as ile-handlin, the economic activities o the destrict include forestry, cotton, an the cultivation o citrus fruits, especially a local variety o tangerine.

History
This crossroads haes seen the passage o numerous airmies an some o the biggest military campaigns in history, includin the battle aetween Alexander the Great an Darius in 333 BC. Mair recently Dörtyol is remembered in Turkey as the scene o the first fechtin in the Turkis War o Unthirldom. The fechtin wi the occupyin forces wis ignitit in 
Karakese  which is locatit on the skirt o the Nur muntains veelage. In 1918 Dörtyol wis occupeed bi French troops supportit bi Armenie collaborators. Turks in the aurie retreatit tae the hills an began their resistance unner the leadership o Kara Hasan Pasha. Dörtyol wis thus no pairt o the Republic o Hatay but wis a Turkis destrict addit tae Hatay when the province wis brocht intae the Turkis republic in 1939.

 Freemit airtins 
 photos o Dörtyol 

Category:Populatit places in Hatay Province