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, and its population is 26,016 (2022). It is 72 km south of the capital, Ankara. Its elevation is 1200 m.
Etymology According to the 1074-dated dictionary Dīwān ul-Lughat al-Turk, haymana means prairie in Turkish.
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 Phrygian settlement. Besides, the tumuli located in Türkhöyük and Oyaca villages prove that the area was also inhabited during the Hittite period.
After the periods of the Roman and Byzantine 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 Ottomans. After a brief period of Timurid 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 neighbourhoods in Haymana District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Ahırlıkuyu Alaçık Alahacılı Altıpınar Ataköy Bahçecik Balçıkhisar Baltalin Boğazkaya Bostanhüyük Bumsuz Büyükkonak Büyükyağcı Çaldağ Çalış Çatak Çayraz Çeltikli Cihanşah Cingirli Culuk Demirözü Dereköy Deveci Devecipınarı Durupınar Durutlar Emirler Esen Eskikışla Evci Evliyafakı Gedik Gültepe Güzelcekale İncirli Kadıköy Karahoca Karapınar Karasüleymanlı Katrancı Kavakköy Kayabaşı Kerpiç Kesikkavak Kirazoğlu Kızılkoyunlu Küçükkonak Küçükyağcı Kutluhan Mandıra Medrese Saatli Sarıdeğirmen Sarıgöl Sazağası Şerefligökgöz Serinyayla Seyran Sinanlı Sındıran Sırçasaray Soğulca Söğüttepe Tabaklı Tepeköy Toyçayırı Türkhüyük Türkşerefli Yamak Yaprakbayırı Yaylabeyi Yeni Yeniköy Yergömü Yeşilköy Yukarısebil Yurtbeyli
Prominent residents 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. Burhan Sönmez, writer 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).
References
External links District governor's official website District municipality's official website