{{Infobox Turkey place | type = metro district | name = Haymana | image_skyline = Haymanaview.jpg | image_caption = | image_logo = Haymana Belediyesi logo.png | image_map = Ankara location Haymana.svg | map_caption = Map showing Haymana District in Ankara Province | coordinates = {{coord|39|25|52|N|32|29|44|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}} | province = Ankara | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Levent Koç | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 2164 | elevation_m = 1200 | population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/> | population_total = 26016 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = 06860 | area_code = 0312 | website = {{url|http://www.haymana.bel.tr/}} }} '''Haymana''' is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.</ref> Its area is 2,164 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref> and its population is 26,016 (2022).<ref name=tuik/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/diger/278074/Ankara_nin_ilce_isimleri.html|title = Ankara'nın ilçe isimleri}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="mun">{{cite web|url=http://www.haymana.bel.tr/haymana.html |title=Brief history of Haymana |access-date=2008-03-27 |author=Municipality of Haymana, Turkey |language=tr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801134255/http://www.haymana.bel.tr/haymana.html |archive-date=August 1, 2014 }}</ref>
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.<ref name="mun" />
== Demographics == {{Historical populations |title = Historical population<ref>Turkish Statistical Institute</ref> |align = none |cols = 2 |shading = off |percentages = pagr |source = TÜIK (2007-2022)<ref name=tuik>{{cite web|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |title=Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts|publisher=TÜIK |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> |1881|23356 |1907|33878 |1940|35130 |1950|41379 |1965|48908 |1970|51256 |1975|53275 |1980|56171 |1985|60823 |1990|55527 |2000|54087 |2007|39310 |2012|31058 |2017|27277 |2022|26016 }}
=== Age structure === The district of Haymana has a relatively young population but it is ageing very quickly.
{{Pie chart |thumb = left |caption = Population by age structure (2017) <ref name=religion>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/turkey-admin.php?adm2id=TR51018|title = Turkey: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> |label1 = 0-9 years old |value1 = 12.5 |color1 = lightsalmon |label2 = 10-19 years old |value2 = 14.5 |color2 = yellow |label3 = 20-29 years old |value3 = 12.6 |color3 = darkorange |label4 = 30-39 years old |value4 = 12.0 |color4 = crimson |label5 = 40-49 |value5 = 12.2 |color5 = tomato |label6 = 50-59 |value6 = 14.5 |color6 = firebrick |label7 = 60-69 |value7 = 12.4 |color7 = red |label8 = 70-79 |value8 = 6.4 |color8 = deeppink |label9 = aged 80 or more |value9 = 2.9 |color9 = maroon }} {{clear left}}
==Composition== There are 78 neighbourhoods in Haymana District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * 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 {{div col end}}
==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haymanahaber.org/saglik/doktorumuz-ozkani-ziyaret-ettik-h543.html |title=Doktorumuz ÖZKAN'ı Ziyaret Ettik - Haymana HABER-Haymana'nın Güncel Haber Gazetesi-Haymana'nın Haber - HaberHaymana - Haymanahaber- Haymana Gazete, Haymanagazetesi |access-date=2013-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112235436/http://www.haymanahaber.org/saglik/doktorumuz-ozkani-ziyaret-ettik-h543.html |archive-date=2012-11-12 }}</ref> * 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|date=July 2015}}.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.haymana.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] {{in lang|tr}} * [http://www.haymana.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.ankaraozelidare.gov.tr/files/ilceler/haymana/|title=General information on Haymana district of Ankara|author=Governorship of Ankara, Turkey|language=tr}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Ankara}} {{Haymana District}} {{Authority control}} {{Portal bar|Geography|Turkey}}
Category:Haymana Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey Category:Populated places in Ankara Province Category:Kurdish people of Central Anatolia Category:Spa towns in Turkey Category:Districts of Ankara Province Category:Kurdish settlements in Ankara Province