Hatay State

Hatay State
*Hatay Devleti* (Turkish)
*État du Hatay* (French)
دولة حطاي (Arabic)
*Dawlat Ḥaṭāy*
Hatay State Hatay Devleti (Turkish); État du Hatay (French); دولة حطاي (Arabic); Dawlat Ḥaṭāy
1938–1939
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	Anthem: İstiklal Marşı;
	The sanjak of Alexandretta / Hatay State (peach, top left); within the Mandate of Syria.
Status	Transitional government
Capital	Antakya (Antioch); 36°25′49″N 36°10′27″E / 36.43028°N 36.17417°E
Common languages	Turkish (official); Levantine Arabic (most spoken)
Government	Republic
President
• 1938–1939	Tayfur Sökmen
Prime Minister
• 1938–1939	Abdurrahman Melek
Legislature	Hatay State People's Assembly
Historical era	Interwar period
• Independence	2 September 1938
• Union with Turkey	29 June 1939
Currency	Turkish liraa
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Syrian Republic
Turkey
Hatay Province
Today part of	Turkey
	Preceded by the Syrian pound.;

Hatay State (Turkish: Hatay Devleti; French: État du Hatay; Arabic: دولة حطاي, romanized: Dawlat Ḥaṭāy), also known informally as the Republic of Hatay (Arabic: جمهورية حطاي, romanized: Jumhūriyyat Ḥaṭāy), was a transitional nation that existed from 2 September 1938 to 29 June 1939, being located in the territory of the Sanjak of Alexandretta of the French Mandate of Syria. The state was transformed de facto into the Hatay Province of Turkey on 7 July 1939, de jure joining the country on 23 July 1939.