İslahiye

İslahiye is a town and the administrative seat of the İslahiye District of Gaziantep Province in south-central Turkey. It is a railway border crossing into Syria. Near İslâhiye is the site of ancient Nicopolis.[3]

For the village, see İslahiye, Düzce.
İslahiye
İslahiye is located in Turkey
İslahiye
İslahiye
Location of Islahiye in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°01′30″N 36°38′04.20″E
Country Turkey
RegionSoutheastern Anatolia
ProvinceGaziantep
Government
 • MayorKemal Vural (AKP)
Area
[1]
 • District817.65 km2 (315.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
32,342
 • District
66,193
 • District density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
27800
Area code+(90)342
Websiteislahiye.bl.tr

The railway station of Islahiye is the last stop on the railway to Damascus in Syria. Since March 2001, a regular train line runs once a week between Syria and Iran via Islahiye.[4]

The state road D.825, which connects Gaziantep with Antakya, runs through Islahiye.

The town is inhabited by Yörüks of the Aydınlı tribe.[5] English traveler Mark Sykes recorded İslahiye as a town inhabited by Turks in early 20th century.[6]

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck İslahiye on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the town and many deaths.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. "Ulaşım" (in Turkish). Islahiye Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  5. Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 147.
  6. Sykes, Mark (1904). Dar-ul-Islam: A Record of a Journey Through Ten of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey. Bickers & Son. p. 261.
  7. "Islahiye, a city devastated by the earthquake: 'We spend our days feeling thankful for being alive'". El País. 2023-02-10.


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