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On September 2 , 1938 the French turned the Alexandretta district of the Syrian Republic into the Autonomous Republic of Hatay. On June 23 , 1939 it was given to Turkey . It is now the Hatay Province . Hatay is an important problem between Turkey and ). However, Hatay was mostly Turkish populated. After the Turkish War Of Independence , the Republic of Turkey was founded, the government tried to get Hatay back from France. Around 1938 an agreement was made between Turkey and France founding the independent Republic of Hatay. The following year a referendum was held in Hatay about joining to Turkey, and the majority of Hatay people voted for joining. Since 1939, Hatay is a province of Turkey. POPULAR CULTURE According to the film '' Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade '', the Holy Grail is located in the "canyon of the crescent moon" outside of Alexandretta. In the movie, the Nazis offer the Sultan of Hatay precious valuables to compensate for removing the Grail from his borders. He ignores the valuables, but accepts their Rolls-Royce Phantom II. |
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