Haymana

Template:Infobox Turkey place Haymana is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.<ref>Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.</ref> Its area is 2,164 km²,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and its population is 26,016 (2022).<ref name=tuik/> It is 72 km south of the capital, Ankara. Its elevation is 1200 m.

EtymologyEdit

According to the 1074-dated dictionary Dīwān ul-Lughat al-Turk, haymana means prairie in Turkish.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

Archaeological excavations were launched in Gavur Kalesi, a castle situated in the village of Dereköy, in the years 1930 and 1998. The results showed that it was an important Phrygian settlement. Besides, the tumuli located in Türkhöyük and Oyaca villages prove that the area was also inhabited during the Hittite period.<ref name="mun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After the periods of the Roman and Byzantine rule, the area was captured by the Seljuk Turks in 1127. After the Battle of Köse Dağ it came under Ilkhanate control for a while. In the mid 14th century the area was annexed by the Ottomans. After a brief period of Timurid rule in the wake of the Battle of Ankara in 1402, it was re-captured by the Ottomans.<ref name="mun" />

DemographicsEdit

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Age structureEdit

The district of Haymana has a relatively young population but it is ageing very quickly.

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CompositionEdit

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Haymana District:<ref>Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref> Template:Div col

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Prominent residentsEdit

Ömer Özkan, Turkish plastic surgeon. An associate professor at the Akdeniz University in Antalya, he led the team that performed in 2012 the first full face transplant in Turkey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Burhan Sönmez, writer
Haymana Prison has had notable residents as inmates over the years, including historian Fikret Başkaya, professor of foreign relations Haluk Gerger, Workers' Party (Turkey) leader Doğu Perinçek, political scientist Yalçın Küçük, and playwright Bilgesu Erenus (the latter two jointly published their Haymana memoirs)Template:Citation needed.

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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