Haymana,_Ankara

Haymana

Haymana

District and municipality in Ankara, Turkey

Haymana is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 2,164 km2,[3] and its population is 26,016 (2022).[1] It is 72 km south of the capital, Ankara. Its elevation is 1200 m.

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Etymology

According to the 1074-dated dictionary Dīwān ul-Lughat al-Turk, haymana means prairie in Turkish.[4]

History

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.[5]

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.[5]

Demographics

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Age structure

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

Population by age structure (2017) [7]

  0-9 years old (12.5%)
  10-19 years old (14.5%)
  20-29 years old (12.6%)
  30-39 years old (12.0%)
  40-49 (12.2%)
  50-59 (14.5%)
  60-69 (12.4%)
  70-79 (6.4%)
  aged 80 or more (2.9%)

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Haymana District:[8]

Prominent residents

  • 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.[9]
  • 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)[citation needed].

References

  1. [1]
    "Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". TÜIK. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Ankara'nın ilçe isimleri".
  5. [5]
    Municipality of Haymana, Turkey. "Brief history of Haymana" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  6. [6]
    Turkish Statistical Institute
  7. [7]
    "Turkey: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  8. [8]
    Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Doktorumuz ÖZKAN'ı Ziyaret Ettik - Haymana HABER-Haymana'nın Güncel Haber Gazetesi-Haymana'nın Haber - HaberHaymana - Haymanahaber- Haymana Gazete, Haymanagazetesi". Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
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