Haymana

Haymana is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 2,164 km²,^[3] and its population is 26,016 (2022).^[1] It is 72 km south of the capital, Ankara. Its elevation is 1200 m.

Haymana
District and municipality
Map showing Haymana District in Ankara Province
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Coordinates: 39°25′52″N 32°29′44″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Ankara
Government
• Mayor	Levent Koç (CHP)
Area	2,164 km2 (836 sq mi)
Elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]	26,016
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	06860
Area code	0312
Website	www.haymana.bel.tr

Etymology

According to the 1074-dated dictionary Dīwān ul-Lughat al-Turk, haymana means prairie in Turkish.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population^[6]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1881 23,356 —     1907 33,878 +1.44% 1940 35,130 +0.11% 1950 41,379 +1.65% 1965 48,908 +1.12% 1970 51,256 +0.94% 1975 53,275 +0.78% 1980 56,171 +1.06%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1985 60,823 +1.60% 1990 55,527 −1.81% 2000 54,087 −0.26% 2007 39,310 −4.46% 2012 31,058 −4.60% 2017 27,277 −2.56% 2022 26,016 −0.94%
Source: TÜIK (2007-2022)[1]

Age structure

The district of Haymana has a relatively young population but it is ageing very quickly.

Population by age structure (2017) ^[7]

1. 0-9 years old (12.5%)
2. 10-19 years old (14.5%)
3. 20-29 years old (12.6%)
4. 30-39 years old (12.0%)
5. 40-49 (12.2%)
6. 50-59 (14.5%)
7. 60-69 (12.4%)
8. 70-79 (6.40%)
9. aged 80 or more (2.90%)

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Haymana District:^[8]

• 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.^[9]
• 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)^{[citation needed]}.