Haymana is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.[ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.] Its area is 2,164 km2,[ 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 language.
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 Phrygians settlement. Besides, the tumuli located in Türkhöyük and Oyaca villages prove that the area was also inhabited during the Hittites period.
After the periods of the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire 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 Ottoman Empire. After a brief period of Timurid dynasty rule in the wake of the Battle of Ankara in 1402, it was re-captured by the Ottomans.
Demographics
Age structure
The district of Haymana has a relatively young population but it is ageing very quickly.
Composition
There are 78 mahalle in Haymana District:[ Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.]
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Ahırlıkuyu
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Alaçık
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Alahacılı
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Altıpınar
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Ataköy
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Bahçecik
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Balçıkhisar
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Baltalin
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Boğazkaya
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Bostanhüyük
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Bumsuz
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Büyükkonak
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Büyükyağcı
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Çaldağ
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Çalış
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Çatak
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Çayraz
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Çeltikli
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Cihanşah
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Cingirli
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Culuk
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Demirözü
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Dereköy
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Deveci
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Devecipınarı
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Durupınar
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Durutlar
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Emirler
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Esen
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Eskikışla
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Evci
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Evliyafakı
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Gedik
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Gültepe
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Güzelcekale
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İncirli
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Kadıköy
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Karahoca
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Karapınar
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Karasüleymanlı
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Katrancı
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Kavakköy
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Kayabaşı
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Kerpiç
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Kesikkavak
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Kirazoğlu
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Kızılkoyunlu
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Küçükkonak
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Küçükyağcı
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Kutluhan
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Mandıra
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Medrese
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Saatli
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Sarıdeğirmen
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Sarıgöl
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Sazağası
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Şerefligökgöz
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Serinyayla
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Seyran
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Sinanlı
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Sındıran
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Sırçasaray
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Soğulca
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Söğüttepe
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Tabaklı
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Tepeköy
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Toyçayırı
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Türkhüyük
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Türkşerefli
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Yamak
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Yaprakbayırı
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Yaylabeyi
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Yeni
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Yeniköy
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Yergömü
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Yeşilköy
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Yukarısebil
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Yurtbeyli
Prominent residents
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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.
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Burhan Sönmez, writer
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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).
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