Hatay is a large quarter (or a zone; ''semt'') of the city of

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. Administratively, Hatay forms part of the metropolitan district of Konak, İzmir's historic center along the southern shores of the tip of the

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, and the largest and the most central of the nine districts that constitute the metropolitan area today. Hatay roughly corresponds to the hillside area of İzmir reached after a steep climb behind the city's central square of Konak (''Konak Meydanı'') and commands this square and the quarter of

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to the east, as well as the coastal strait that increasingly narrows towards the west. Along this narrowing coastline are such quarters as Karataş, İzmir's traditional

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neighborhood, and Göztepe. Hatay adjoins İzmir's

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metropolitan district in its western end, and Buca and

Gaziemir Gaziemir is a district of İzmir Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is one of the metropolitan districts of Greater İzmir, and is situated to the south of central İzmir ( Konak) on the road into town. İzmir Adnan Menderes Internat ...

in its south. Traditionally, Hatay zone corresponded to the core of Turkish İzmir and was called "Mısırlı" in Ottoman times.

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