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• İskenderun, also Iskenderon (formerly known in the west as Alexandretta, from Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα; in Arabic al-Iskandarūn), is a district and its center in the ,اإلسكندرونTurkish province of Hatay. It is a growing city with metropolitan aspects and surpassing the province seat of Antakya in population. It is located on the Mediterranean coast on the eponymous Gulf of İskenderun at the foot of the Nur Mountains (Amanos Mountains) in the far southeast of Turkey, and has a population of 159,149 (2000 census).

Ataturk’s statue of freedom at the seashore

A fountain with an orange which is the symbol of the region in one of the main squares

A castle at the nearby district

A pieceful picnic area in the highland

Some students in the street after celebration of Independence Day

A court house in the city

An orthodox church in the city

A view of the city from the coast

A quay for vessels and boats