İslahiye

Also known as Islahiye

İslahiye is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 865 km2, and its population is 67,650 (2022). It is a railway border crossing into Syria. Near İslahiye is the site of ancient Nicopolis.

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: İslahiye
Turkey place.image_skyline: File:Amanos Mountains 01.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Amanos Mountains, İslahiye
Turkey place.image_map: Gaziantep location İslahiye.png
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing İslahiye District in Gaziantep Province
Turkey place.pushpin_relief: 1
Turkey place.province: Gaziantep
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Kemal Vural
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 865
Turkey place.population_total: 67650

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The railway station of Islahiye is the last stop on the railway to Damascus in Syria. Since March 2001, a regular train line runs once a week between Syria and Iran via Islahiye. The state road D.825, which connects Gaziantep with Antakya, runs through İslahiye.