Fransız Askeri Mezarlığı

After the Armistice of Mondoros, Iskenderun Sanjak was occupied by the French advancing from Syria to Anatolia. Thus, a National Struggle front was formed in Hatay, as in many other places. According to Article 7 of the Ankara Agreement signed with France on October 20, 1921, the sanjak will remain within the borders of Syria; A special administration will be established here and all kinds of facilities will be used to develop Turkish culture, the official language will be Turkish and the Turkish lira will be valid as currency. According to the border drawn between Syria and Turkey in the Treaty of Lausanne, Hatay remained outside our borders. In the agreement that gave independence to Syria in 1936 and established an alliance between Syria and France, there was no provision about the Iskenderun Sanjak. While France was withdrawing from Syria, it was leaving its authority over Sanjak to Syria. The Turkish Government did not accept the situation. When the negotiations with France at the League of Nations meeting in Geneva did not yield results, he gave an official note to France on October 9, 1936 and demanded that the Iskenderun Sanjak be given independence, as was the case with Syria. Also; The Hatay State is the Turkish state established with the declaration of independence of the Iskenderun Sanjak on September 2, 1938. On June 29, 1939, the state's legislative body, the 40-member State of Hatay, whose 22 members are Turkish, joined Turkey and became the province of Hatay, pursuant to the decision taken in the National Assembly. I think we should definitely visit. We must remember and commemorate the struggles of our ancestors. With love and respect.