Khatay

Republic of Khatay Jumhuria al Khaṭāy (Arabic) Hatay Cumhuriyeti (Turkish) Hanrapetut’yun Hatay (Armenian)
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Capital and largest city	Antakiyah
Official languages	Arabic, Turkish, Armenian.
Ethnic groups	Arabs, Turks, Alawites, Armenians, Circassians, Kurds, Syriacs, Melkites, Greeks, Jews.
Government	Parliamentary Republic
History
• Independence	1946
• Officers' Coup	1964
• Turkish Occupation	1975 - 1981
• Khatayan Civil War	1975 - 1984
Driving side	right

The Republic of Khatay (Arabic: Jumhuria al Khaṭāy, Turkish: Hatay Cumhuriyeti, Armenian: Hanrapetut’yun Hatay) is a sovereign republic located in Western Asia, bordered by Syria and Turkey. The country is largely coastal and hilly, being located on the Mediterranean and bisected by the Nur Mountains. The history of Khatay has been punctuated by violence and instability; the nation was born out of a rebellion against France to prevent the planned annexation of the region by Turkey, the civilian government was overthrown by Nationalist Army Officers in 1964, Turkey invaded the country in 1975, which in turn started a Civil War within the country as the government fled to Syria. The Civil War ended following Turkish withdrawal in 1981, and a US-led United Nations intervention in 1982. Jordanian-led peace negotiations were able to bring about a full peace agreement in 1984, with relatively free and fair elections following the next year.

Khatay is a unitary republic and a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

Politics

Political Parties in Khatay

NOTE: The number of seats currently listed is a placeholder number and inaccurate, the total will not match 138. In addition, information for some parties may currently be missing, this information needs to be submitted by the party leader to be added to the table.

Party	Position	Ideology	Leader	Seats in the National Congress	Bloc
Republican Party	Centre-Right to Right Wing	National Unity, Protection of Minorities, Social Conservatism, Fiscal Conservatism	Yousif Aflaq	40 / 138	RP-MF-IC Government
Party of National Renewal	Center-Left to Left	Expansion of Welfare and Social Aid, Anti-Corruption, Worker's Rights, Unionism	Sulayman al-Aslan	35 / 138	PNR Opposition
Movement for Federation	Center-Right	Support of a Federal State and more autonomy of ethnic and religious minorities, Economic protectionism, social conservatism	Ehmed Nuri	20 / 138	RP-MF-IC Government
Islamic Coalition of Khatay	Center-Left	Social Conservatism, Fiscal Center-left	Noor Al-Asfour	20 / 138	RP-MF-IC Government
Armenian Revolutionary Federation	Center-Left to Center-Right	Left wing economic policies, social centrism, Armenian interests, other minority interests	Tsakig Pakradounian	20 / 138	ARF Opposition
National Front of Khatay	Right	Support for a strong unitary state, secularism, protectionism, social conservatism and stronger sedition laws against radical Islamist and separatist organizations.	Husayn Mansur	15 / 138	NF Opposition
Turkish Cultural League	Far-Right	Socially reactionary, Turkish interests, Pro-Turkish re-unification	Adnan Bayraktar	10 / 138	TCL Opposition
Circassian Rights' League	Center-left to Left	Circassian interests, minority interests, social democracy, free trade, moderate social conservatism	Laliyne Ivanov	1 / 138	CRL Opposition
Syriac Union Party	Center?	Syriac interests, minority interests	Domarina Oshana	1 / 138	SUP Opposition
Jewish Minority Seat	?	Jewish interests, minority interests	Zarad Kafni	1 / 138	JMS Opposition

Khatay Armed Forces

Army

(For further reading, see main article: Khatay Army)