Flag of the Republic of Hatay. Turkey's is the same with a nonfimbrated white star

On September 2, 1938 the French turned the Alexandretta district of the Syrian Republic into the autonomous Republic of Hatay. On June 23, 1939 it was given to Turkey. It is now the Hatay Province. Image File history File links Flag_of_hatay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_hatay. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Iskenderun, formerly known in the west as Alexandretta, is a city in the Turkish province of Hatay. ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... // Events January-March January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. ... shows the Location of the Province Hatay Flag of the Republic of Hatay (1938-1939) Hatay is a province of southern Turkey, situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Syria to the south and east. ...

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According to the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Holy Grail is located in the "canyon of the crescent moon" outside of Alexandretta. In the movie, the Nazis offer the sultan of Hatay precious valuables to compensate for removing the Grail from his borders. He ignores the valuables, but accepts their Rolls-Royce car. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix and John Rhys-Davies. ... Grail redirects here. ... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies and, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... A sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic title, with several historical meanings. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ...