İslahiye
İslahiye is a district of Gaziantep.
İslahiye
İslahiye is a district of Gaziantep.
İslahiye is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 865 km2, and its population is 67,650 (2022). It is a railway border crossing into Syria. Near İslahiye is the site of ancient Nicopolis. 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. The state road D. 825, which connects Gaziantep with Antakya, runs through İslahiye. The town is inhabited by Yörüks of the Aydınlı tribe. English traveler Mark Sykes recorded İslahiye as a town inhabited by Turkmen in the early 20th century. A magnitude 7. 8 earthquake struck İslahiye on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the town and many deaths.
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