Adana#Governance

The name Adana ({{IPA|tr|aˈda.na|pronunciation|Adana - TR.wav}}; {{Langx|hy|Ադանա}}; {{Langx|el|Άδανα}}) has been used for over four millennia.{{citation needed |date=June 2024}}

One theory holds that the city name originates from an Indo-European expression a danu 'on the river', using the same Proto-Indo-European root as the Danube, Don, Dnieper and Donets.Osman Fikri Sertkaya, " Adana, Begrek, Beyrek ve Elma Kelimelerinin Kökeni Üzerine", Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi Türkoloji Dergisi, S.12, (2012), pages 101-103 (Article)

Greco-Roman legend suggests that the name of Adana originates from Adanus, the son of the Greek god Uranus, who founded the city next to the river with his brother Sarus, whose name was given to the river.{{cite book |last=Anton |first=Charles |title=Classical Dictionary: Containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors... |publisher=Harper & Brothers |year=1841 |location=New York}}

It is also sometimes suggested that the name is related to the Danaoi, the name for Greeks of the Trojan War in Homer and Thucydides.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1TmVvMwmo4C&dq=Danuniyim+adana+danaoi&pg=PA680|title=The Cambridge Ancient History|first=Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen|last=Edwards|date=15 November 1977|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521086912|via=Google Books}}

According to Ali Cevad's Memalik-i Osmaniye Coğrafya Lügat (Ottoman Geographical Dictionary), the Muslims of Adana attributed the city's name to Ebu Süleym Ezene, who was appointed as Wāli by Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid.{{cite web |year=1897 |title=Memalik-i Osmaniye Tarih ve Coğrafya Lügatı |url=https://archive.org/stream/memlikiosmaniyen0001al#page/n18/mode/2up |access-date=12 June 2020 |language=tr}}

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Inhabited by Luwians and Hurrians, Kizzuwatna had an autonomous governance under Hittite protection, but they had a brief period of independence from the 1500s to 1420s BC. According to the Hittite inscription of Kava, found in Hattusa (Boğazkale), Kizzuwatna was ruling Adana, under the protection of the Hittites, by 1335 BC. With the collapse of the Hittite Empire around 1191–1189 BC, native Denyen sea peoples took control of Adana and the plain until around 900 BC.Ann E. Killebrew, 2013, The Philistines and Other Sea Peoples in Text and Archaeology, Society of Biblical Literature, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gBCl2IQfNioC&dq=denyen+sea+peoples+cilicia&pg=PA659 page 659], {{ISBN|978-1589837218}}

Then Neo-Hittite states were founded in the region with the Quwê state centred on Adana. Quwê and other states were protected by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, though they had periods of independence too. After the Greek migration into Cilicia in the 8th century BC, the region was unified under the rule of the Mopsos dynastyFox, Robin Lane (2009) Travelling Heroes: In the Epic Age of Homer Alfred A. Knopf, New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9k8Frkhiq_MC&pg=PA211 pages 211-224], {{ISBN|978-0-679-44431-2}} and Adana was established as the capital. Bilingual inscriptions of the ninth and eighth centuries found in Mopsuestia (modern Yakapınar) were written in hieroglyphic Luwian and Phoenician. The Assyrians took control of the regions several times before their collapse in 612 BC.

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Cilicians founded the Kingdom of Cilicia in 612 BC with the help of Syennesis I. The kingdom was independent until the invasion of the Achaemenid Empire in 549 BC, then became an autonomous satrapy of the Achaemenids until 401 BC. The uncertain loyalty of Syennessis during the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger led Artaxerxes II to abolish the Syennesis administration and replace it with a centrally appointed satrap. Archaeological remains of a procession reveal the existence of Persian nobility in Adana.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cilicia-3rd-cent|title=Cilicia|last=Michael Weiskopf|publisher=Encyclopaedia Iranica|access-date=2020-07-26}}

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Alexander the Great entered Cilicia through the Cilician Gates in 333 BC. After defeating the Persians at the Battle of Issus, he installed his own satrap, Balacrus, to oversee the region's administration.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Cilicia/|title=History of Cilicia|publisher=World History Encyclopedia|access-date=20 January 2022}} His death in 323 BC marked the beginning of the Hellenistic era, as Greek replaced Luwian as the language of the region. After a short time under Ptolemaic dominion, the Seleucid Empire took control of the region in 312 BC. Adanan locals adopted a Greek name - Antioch on Sarus - for the city to demonstrate their loyalty to the Seleucid dynasty. The adopted name and the motifs illustrating the personification of the city seated above the river-god Sarus on the city's coins, suggest a special appreciation of the rivers which were a strong part of the Cilician identity.{{citation| last=Meyer| first=Marion | title=Cilicia as Part of the Seleucid Empire - The Beginning of Municipal Coinage|location=Istanbul| publisher=Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil| year=2001|pages=505–518}} The Seleucids ruled Adana for more than two centuries until they were weakened by a civil war which led them to offer allegiance to Tigranes II, the King of Armenia who conquered a vast part of the Levant. Cilicia became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Armenia in 83 BC and new settlements were founded by Armenians in the region.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/armenians/prominent_p5.html|title=King Tigran II – The Great|last=Hye Etch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221235257/http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/armenians/prominent_p5.html|archive-date=21 February 2007|access-date=2007-01-17}}

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In the early period of Roman rule, Zoroastrianism, that had been introduced to the region by the Persians, was still observed in Cilicia as was Judaism which attracted many sympathisers. As home to some of the earliest Christian missionary efforts, Cilicia welcomed Christianity more easily than some other provinces.

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Adana became a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Tarsus, but was raised to the rank of an autocephalous archdiocese after 680, the year in which its bishop appeared as a simple bishop at the Third Council of Constantinople, but before its listing in a 10th-century Notitiae Episcopatuum as an archdiocese. The Bishop Paulinus participated in the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Piso was among the Arianism-inclined bishops at the Council of Sardica (344) who withdrew and set up their own council at Philippopolis; he later returned to orthodoxy and signed the profession of Nicene faith at a synod in Antioch in 363. Cyriacus was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381. Anatolius is mentioned in a letter of Saint John Chrysostom. Cyrillus was at the Council of Ephesus in 431 and at a synod in Tarsus in 434. Philippus took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451{{cite book|first1=Richard|last1=Price|first2=Michael|last2=Gaddis|title=The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IUaOOT1G3UC&pg=RA2-PA157|volume= 1|year=2005|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-039-7|page=122}} and was a signatory of the joint letter of the bishops of Cilicia Prima to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 protesting at the murder of Proterius of Alexandria. Ioannes participated in the Third Council of Constantinople in 680.Michel Le Quien, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_86weAemI-e4C Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus], (Paris 1740), Vol. II, coll. 881–882Pius Bonifacius Gams, [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae], Leipzig 1931, p. 435 No longer a residential bishopric, Adana is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 825

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At the Battle of Sarus in April 625, Heraclius defeated the forces of Shahrbaraz of the Sasanian Empire that were stationed on the east bank of the river, after a fearless charge across the bridge built by the Emperor Justinian (now Taşköprü).{{cite book|last=Norwich |first=John Julius |title=A Short History of Byzantium|publisher= Vintage Books |year=1997 |isbn=0-679-77269-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElLZK1EOjHsC|author-link=John Julius Norwich}} During the reign of Caliph Omar, Muslims who are commanded by Khalid ibn Walid, launched columns to raid Cilicia, going as far as Tarsus, in the autumn of 638.A.I. Akram, The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns, Nat. Publishing. House, Rawalpindi (1970) {{ISBN|0-7101-0104-X}}. chapter no:36 The Byzantines defended the region from the encroaching Islamic Caliphates throughout the 7th century, but it was finally conquered in 704 by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik. Under Umayyad rule, Cilicia became a no man's land frontier between Byzantine Christian and Arab Muslim forces.

Abandoned for more than fifty years, Adana was garrisoned and re-settled from 758 to 760. So that it could form a thughūr on the Byzantine frontier, Cilicia was colonised by the Turkic Sayābija tribe from Khorasan. The city saw rapid economic and cultural growth during the reigns of Harun al-Rashid and Al-Amin. Abbasid rule continued for more than two centuries.{{Cite web| url=http://adana.gov.tr|title=Adana İl Yıllığı |first=Kasım|last=Ener| publisher=Adana Valiliği| access-date=28 March 2020}}

Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, the founder of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate, annexed Adana in his campaign in 1084. During the Crusades, Cilicia had been criss-crossed by invading armies until it was eventually captured by the forces of the Armenian Principality of Cilicia in 1132, under its king, Leo I.{{cite book|first1=Nicholas|last1=Morton|title=The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099-1187|year=2020|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0192557988|page=181}} It was retaken by Byzantine forces in 1137, but the Armenians regained it again in around 1170. During the Armenian era, Adana continued as a centre for handicrafts and international trade as part of an ancient network from Asia Minor to North Africa, the Near East and India. Venetian and Genoese merchants frequented the city to sell goods imported through the port at Ayas.{{cite book|first1=Denis|last1=Dreisbusch|title=Ermeni Soykırımı ve İslam (1870-1923)|year=2019|publisher=Dönüşüm Yayınları|isbn=978-9758286331|page=459}}

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The Mamluks built garrisons in Tarsus, Ayas and Sarvandikar (Savranda), and left the administration of the plain of Adana to Yüreğir Turks who had already formed a Mamluk authorised Türkmen Emirate in the Camili area, just southeast of Adana, in 1352. The Emir, Ramazan Bey, designated Adana his capital, and led the Yüreğir Turks as they settled the city. The Ramadanid Emirate, was de facto independent throughout the 15th century as a result of being a thughūr in Ottoman-Mamluk relations. In 1517, Selim I incorporated the emirate into the Ottoman Empire after his conquest of the Mamluk state. The Ramadanid Beys held onto the administration of the new Ottoman Sanjak of Adana by a hereditary title until 1608.

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The Ottomans terminated the Ramadanid administration in 1608 after the Celali rebellions and began direct rule from Constantinople through an appointed Vali.Prof. Dr. Yılmaz KURT, "Ramazanoğulları’nın Sonu: Adana’da Çemşid Bey İsyȃnı (1606-1607)", Tarihin İçinden, Ankara Üniversitesi In late 1832, the Vali of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, invaded Syria, and reached Cilicia. The Convention of Kütahya signed on 14 May 1833 ceded Cilicia to the de facto independent Egypt. At that time, the Sanjak of Adana's population of 68,934 had hardly any urban services.{{citation| last=Baysun| first= C. | title=Cevdetpaşa Tezakir|location=İstanbul| publisher=Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayın No:11 Seri:17b| year=1963|pages=27–35}} The first neighbourhood (Verâ-yı Cisr) east of the river was founded and Alawites were brought from Syria to work in the flourishing agricultural lands. İbrahim Paşa, the son of Muhammad Ali Paşa, demolished Adana Castle and the city walls in 1836. He built the first canals for irrigation and transportation and also built a water system for the residential areas of the town, including wheels that raised the water of the river for public fountains.{{cite book| last=Toksöz| first=Meltem| title=Nomads, Migrants and Cotton in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Making of the Adana-Mersin Region, 1850-1908| publisher=Brill| year=2010| isbn=978-9004191051}} After the Oriental crisis, the Convention of Alexandria signed on 27 November 1840 required the return of Cilicia to Ottoman sovereignty.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

By the turn of the 20th century, further migration attracted by large-scale industrialisation grew Adana's population to over 107,000: That population was made up of 62,250 Muslims (Turks, Alawites, Circassians, Kurds), 30,000 Armenians, 9,250 Assyrians (many of whom were Chaldean Catholics), 5,000 Greeks, 500 Arab Christians and 200 internationals.{{citation| last=Matossian| first=Bedross Der| title=1909:The Adana Massacres|location=New York| publisher=Greenhaven Publishing| year=2018|pages=25–57| isbn=978-1534501201}}

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In the early 20th century the local economy thrived and the Armenian population doubled as people fled the Hamidian massacres. When the revolution of July 1908 brought about the end of Abdul Hamid II's autocratic rule, the Armenian community felt empowered to imagine an autonomous Cilicia. The CUP's post-revolution mismanagement of the vilayets caused the pro-diversity Vali Bahri Pasha to be removed from office in late 1908. He was replaced by the weak Cevad Bey. Taking advantage of this, Bağdadizade Abdülkadir (later Paksoy), the local leader of the Cemiyet-i Muhammediye, took almost complete control of the local government and led an action plan to "punish" Armenians throughout Cilicia. Rumours of an upcoming Armenian attack, raised tension in the Turkish neighbourhoods. As soon as news of the countercoup reached Cilicia, enraged members of the Cemiyet-i Muhammediye.{{cite web|url=http://www.agos.com.tr/tr/yazi/11235/106-yildonumunde-adana-katliaminin-ardindaki-gercekler|title=106. yıldönümünde Adana Katliamı'nın ardındaki gerçekler|date=4 October 2015 |publisher=Agos Gazetesi|access-date=12 March 2020}}

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After a week of silence, 850 soldiers from regiments of the Ottoman Army arrived in the city on April 25. Shots were fired at the campground and a rumour immediately spread that the Armenians had opened fire from a church tower. Without even investigating the rumour, the military commander Mustafa Remzi Pasha directed soldiers and bashi-bazouks towards the Armenian quarters and for three days they shot people, destroyed buildings and burned down Christian neighbourhoods. The pogroms of 25–27 April were on a much greater scale than the clashes of 14–17 April, and almost all the casualties were Christian.{{citation|last=Yeghiayan|first=Puzant|title=Ատանայի Հայոց Պատմութիւն [The History of the Armenians of Adana]|location=Beirut|publisher=Union of Armenian Compatriots of Adana|year=1970|pages=211–272|language=hy}}

The Adana massacre of April 1909 resulted in the deaths of 18,839 Armenians, 1,250 Greeks, 1,272 Assyrians and 620 Muslims. Adding in the roughly 2,500 Hadjinian and other seasonal workers who disappeared, the death toll in the entire Vilayet is estimated to have been around 25,500. Over the summer 2,000 children died of dysentery and a few thousand adults died of injuries or from epidemics. The massacre orphaned 3,500 children and caused heavy destruction of Christian properties.Raymond H. Kévorkian, "The Cilician Massacres, April 1909" in Armenian Cilicia, eds. Richard G. Hovannisian and Simon Payaslian. UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series: Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, 7. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 2008, pp. 351–353.{{cite book| last=Kevorkian| first=Raymond H.| title=Ermeni Soykırımı |location=Istanbul| publisher=İletişim| year=2015|isbn=978-9750517280}} Cevad Bey and Mustafa Remzi Pasha were sacked and given light sentences for abuse of power, and on 8 August 1909, Djemal Pasha was appointed the new Vali. He quickly rebuilt relations with the surviving Armenian community and gathered financial support to found a new neighbourhood for Armenians called Çarçabuk (now Döşeme). He also ordered the construction of two orphanages and the restoration of destroyed buildings.

Early in May 1915, Vali Ismail Hakkı Bey received an order from Constantinople (now İstanbul) to deport the Armenians of Adana. The Vali was able to delay the deportations and let the Armenians sell their movable assets to acquire money for the journey. The first convoy of deportees consisting of more than 4,000 Armenians left the city on May 20. The Catholicos of Cilicia, Sahak II, wrote a letter to Djemal Pasha, the then Syria-Cilicia General Vali to prevent further deportations and the chief secretary Kerovpe Papazian met the pasha in Aley in Lebanon in early June and delivered the message of the Catholicos. Djemal Pasha immediately wired the Vali ordering him not to deport more Armenians. As a result of his efforts, the Adana Armenians earned a stay of execution for the summer, while the rest of the Cilician Armenians were being deported and hundreds of thousands of exhausted Armenian deportees from Western Anatolia were passing through the city. Armenian intellectuals Rupen Zartarian, Sarkis Minassian, Nazaret Daghavarian, Harutiun Jangülian, and Karekin Khajag, who were deported from Constantinople on April 24th, were kept in custody in the Vilayet offices for a few days. They failed to be able to arrange a meeting with the Catholicos at the Cathedral, their last attempt at survival. Later in June, two prominent leaders, Krikor Zohrab and Vartkes Serengülian, were also kept in the city during their final journey towards Diyarbakır.{{cite book|last=Kevorkian| first=Raymond| title=The Armenian Genocide: Complete History |location= London| publisher=I.B.Taurus & Co.Ltd. | year=2011| isbn=978-1848855618}}

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The Minister of the Interior, Talaat Pasha, wanted to end the exemption of Adana Armenians and sent his second in command, Ali Munif, to the city in mid-August to order the resumption of the deportations. Ali Munif immediately deported 250 families who were accused of insurrection. Before the remaining Armenians were deported, the Vali again arranged for them to sell their assets. As almost a third of the city's residents were selling their belongings, the city must have seemed like the site of a massive clearance sale. The deportation of 5,000 Armenian families in eight convoys started on 2 September 1915 and continued until the end of October. One thousand craftsmen, state officers and army personnel and their families were exempted from deportation. Unlike the deportees of other Vilayets, many of Adana's Armenians were sent to Damascus and further south, thereby avoiding the death camps of Deir ez-Zor, at the request of Djemal Pasha.

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The Armistice of Mudros, signed on 30 October 1918, ended Ottoman participation in World War I. The terms of the armistice ceded control of Cilicia to France. In December the French government sent four battalions of the Armenian Legion to take over Adana and oversee the repatriation of more than 170,000 Armenians to Cilicia. Returning Armenians negotiated with France to establish an autonomous State of Cilicia and Mihran Damadian, the chief negotiator for the Armenians, signed a provisional Constitution of Cilicia in 1919.{{cite web |title=Ermeni Kültür Varlıklarıyla Adana |url=https://hrantdink.org/attachments/article/1398/Adana_Raporu_new.pdf |access-date=12 March 2020 |publisher=HDV Yayınları}} Pre-war life resumed with the re-opening of churches, schools, cultural centres and businesses.

However, the French forces were spread thinly across Cilicia and the villages to which people returned came under attack from the Turkish Kuva-yi Milliye. The costs and difficulties associated with the repatriation process, and growing Arab nationalism within the Syria mandate forced the French High Commissioners to meet the Turkish leader, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, several times in late 1919 and early 1920, resulting in a halt to the deployment of extra forces to Cilicia.Cemal Güven, Milli Mücadele'de Mustafa Kemal Paşa'nın Yabancılarla temas ve görüşmeleri, Eğitim Yayınevi, 2012, {{ISBN|978-605-4392-80-3}} A truce arranged on 28 May 1920 between the French and the Kemalists, led the French forces to retreat south of the Mersin-Osmaniye railroad. The subsequent evacuation of thousands of Armenians from Sis and its environs and their migration to Adana raised the number of Armenians in the city to more than 100,000.Moumjian, Garabet K. "Cilicia Under French Administration: Armenian Aspirations, Turkish Resistance, and French Stratagems" in Armenian Cilicia, pp. 457–489. On 10 July 1920, to ease the overpopulation south of the railroad, a Franco-Armenian operation forced the local Turkish population to escape north. Roughly 40,000 Turks from Adana and around fled to the countryside and to the mountains north, an event known as the Kaç Kaç incident, which lasted for four days and claimed hundreds of lives.Robert Farrer Zeidner, The Tricolor over the Taurus: The French in Cilicia and Vicinity, 1918-1922, Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History, 2005, {{ISBN|978-975-16-1767-5}} The Turkish Cilician Society ({{langx|tr|Kilikyalılar Cemiyeti}}) and national defence associations then met at a congress in Pozantı on 5 August 1920 to re-establish Turkish rule over Cilicia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bolgegundem.com/pozanti-kongresi-nedir-pozanti-kongresini-kim-topladi-kongreye-kimler-katildi-1399222h.htm|title=Pozantı Kongresi nedir? Pozantı Kongresini kim topladı? Kongreye kimler katıldı?|date=5 August 2020|publisher=Bölge Gündem|access-date=15 November 2021}} On the same day, Mihran Damadian declared the autonomy of Cilicia by coming to an agreement with the city's Christian communities. However, the French government did not recognise its autonomy, expelled the community leaders and disbanded the Armenian Legion in September.

As the political environment changed, the French abandoned all claims to Cilicia, which they had originally hoped to attach to their mandate over Syria. On 9 March 1921, the Cilicia Peace Treaty was signed between France and the Turkish Grand National Assembly. However, it did not achieve its intended goals and was replaced by the Treaty of Ankara, signed on 20 October 1921. Under the terms of this agreement, France recognised the end of the Cilicia War and agreed to withdraw provided that the Christian communities' rights were protected.Ankara Treaty, Franco-Turkish Agreement signed at Angora on October 20, 1921, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London [http://www.hri.org/docs/FT1921/Franco-Turkish_Pact_1921.pdf] Those Armenians who were not satisfied with such guarantees rushed to Mersin port and Dörtyol, and had evacuated their homeland of two millennia by December 1921.Benjamin Thomas White, A Grudging Rescue: France, the Armenians of Cilicia, and the History of Humanitarian Evacuations, Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism,

and Development, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2019, pp. 1-27 (Article), University of Pennsylvania Press, [https://doi.org/10.1353/hum.2019.0000]

In 1922, up to 10,000 local Greeks moved to Greece before the policy of Greco-Turkish population exchange took effect.{{cite web|url=https://hrantdink.org/tr/faaliyetler/projeler/kulturel-miras/1477-adana-arastirmasi-ve-saha-calismasi|title=Adana araştırması ve saha çalışması|publisher=Hrant Dink Foundation|access-date=12 March 2020}} Among the 172,000 Armenians in the Adana area just before the Cilicia Evacuation, 80,000 took refuge in Syria or Lebanon while up 10,000 of them migrated to Cyprus, Izmir and Istanbul.Mustafa Tayfun Üstün, The History of the Armenian Community in Lebanon: From “Refugee Camps” to “Neighborhoods”, International Journal of Social Sciences, Volume=5, Issue=9, January 2017, pp. 93-108 (Article), Asia Minor StudiesMaxime Gauin, How To Create a problem of Refugees: The Evacuation of Cilicia by France and the Flow of Armenian Civilians (1921-1922), Review of Armenian Studies, Number 25, 2012, pp. 67-101 (Article), USAK The remained 82,000 or so Armenians most likely remained in the Adana area and assimilated into Turkish/Muslim society. Armenians who settled in Lebanon founded the Nor Adana (English: New Adana) neighbourhood within the mostly Armenian town of Bourj Hammoud, north-east of Beirut.{{cite web|url=https://bourjhamoud.com/bourj-hamoud/about/|title=Bourj Hammmoud|publisher=bourjhammoud.com|access-date=29 January 2020|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509123832/https://bourjhamoud.com/bourj-hamoud/about/|url-status=dead}} From the 1920s onwards, around 60 percent of Cilician Armenians moved to Argentina. An informal census of 1941 revealed that 70 percent of all the Armenian Argentines in Buenos Aires had Adana origins.{{cite web|url=http://www.agos.com.tr/tr/yazi/16826/adanadan-buenos-airese-uzun-bir-yolculuk-arjantinde-ermeni-diasporasi|title=Adana'dan Buenos Aires'e uzun bir yolculuk|date=25 October 2016 |publisher=Agos Gazetesi|access-date=29 January 2020}}

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On 15 April 1923, just before the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, the Turkish government enacted the "Law of Abandoned Properties" which confiscated the properties of Armenians and Greeks who were not present there. Adana became one of the cities with the most confiscated property, which meant that muhacirs (immigrants) from the Balkans and Crete, as well as migrants from Kayseri and Darende were resettled in the Armenian and Greek neighbourhoods, with more modest pieces of land, houses and workshops distributed to them. The large farms, factories, stores and mansions were granted to Kayseri notables (e.g. Nuh Naci Yazgan, Nuri Has, Mustafa Özgür) and to local nationalists (e.g. Sefa Özler, Ali Münif) as promised at the Sivas Congress by Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk).{{cite web|url=http://birdeburadandinleyin.blogspot.com/2012/02/sabanclarn-imparator-olmas-cezmi.html|title=Sabancıların İmparator olması|access-date=30 April 2020}} Within a decade, the city experienced drastic demographic change, socially and economically, and turned into an almost entirely Muslim/Turkish city.

On 27 June 1998, the city was hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which killed 145 and left 1500 people wounded and many thousand homeless in the city centre and in Ceyhan district. The economic loss was estimated at US$1 billion.{{cite journal |title=Stochastic Finite-fault Modeling of Ground Motions From the June 27, 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake |first=Esref |last=Yalcinkaya |journal=Earth Planets Space |volume=57 |pages=107–115 |year=2005 |issue=2 |doi=10.1186/BF03352554 |bibcode=2005EP&S...57..107Y |s2cid=54891624 |doi-access=free }}

On 6 February 2023, Adana was one of the major cities in Southern Turkey affected by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.{{cite news |title=Turkey earthquake: Death toll could increase eight-fold, WHO says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64533851 |access-date=12 March 2023 |agency=BBC News |date=6 February 2023}}

File:Seyhan River, Çatalan 05.jpg in Çatalan (North of Adana)]]

Adana is located on the 37th parallel north on the northeastern edge of the Mediterranean, occupying the center of the Cilician plain ({{Langx|tr|Çukurova|lit=the Trough Plain}}); a relatively large stretch of flat, fertile land that lies southeast of the Taurus Mountains.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

The Seyhan (likely from {{Langx|grc|Σάρος|translit=Sáros}}) divides Adana into its two metropolitan districts, and is the main source for Adana's fertile alluvial soils, while also being responsible for the region's proclivity to regular winter and spring floods, which affected the city until embankments were built in the 1900s.A.F. Baldwin (chief editor) {{google books|tV5JAQAAMAAJ|Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Manufactures, Daily Consular and Trade Reports, Issues 1-75 (1910)|page=662}} The Seyhan Dam, completed in 1956, was constructed for hydroelectric power.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

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Adana has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen classification, and a dry summer subtropical climate (Cs) under the Trewartha classification. Winters are mild and wet. Frost does occasionally occur at night almost every winter, but snow is a very rare phenomenon. Summers are long, hot, humid and dry. During heatwaves, the temperature often reaches or exceeds {{convert|40|°C|1|abbr=on}}. The highest recorded temperature was on 13 August 2023 at {{convert|45.7|°C|1|abbr=on}}. The lowest recorded temperature was on 20 January 1964 at {{convert|-8.1|°C|1|abbr=on}}.

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|Jan record high C = 26.5

|Feb record high C = 28.5

|Mar record high C = 32.7

|Apr record high C = 37.5

|May record high C = 41.3

|Jun record high C = 42.8

|Jul record high C = 44.4

|Aug record high C = 45.7

|Sep record high C = 45.1

|Oct record high C = 41.5

|Nov record high C = 34.3

|Dec record high C = 30.8

|year record high C = 45.7

|Jan high C = 15.0

|Feb high C = 16.6

|Mar high C = 19.9

|Apr high C = 24.1

|May high C = 28.4

|Jun high C = 31.7

|Jul high C = 33.9

|Aug high C = 34.9

|Sep high C = 33.2

|Oct high C = 29.5

|Nov high C = 22.6

|Dec high C = 16.8

|year high C = 25.6

|Jan mean C = 9.5

|Feb mean C = 10.7

|Mar mean C = 13.9

|Apr mean C = 17.7

|May mean C = 22.1

|Jun mean C = 25.9

|Jul mean C = 28.6

|Aug mean C = 29.2

|Sep mean C = 26.6

|Oct mean C = 22.4

|Nov mean C = 15.8

|Dec mean C = 11.1

|year mean C = 19.5

|Jan low C = 5.6

|Feb low C = 6.3

|Mar low C = 8.9

|Apr low C = 12.4

|May low C = 16.6

|Jun low C = 20.8

|Jul low C = 24.3

|Aug low C = 24.7

|Sep low C = 21.4

|Oct low C = 16.9

|Nov low C = 11.0

|Dec low C = 7.3

|year low C = 14.7

|Jan record low C = -8.1

|Feb record low C = -6.6

|Mar record low C = -4.9

|Apr record low C = -1.3

|May record low C = 5.6

|Jun record low C = 9.2

|Jul record low C = 13.2

|Aug record low C = 14.8

|Sep record low C = 9.3

|Oct record low C = 3.5

|Nov record low C = -4.3

|Dec record low C = -4.4

|year record low C = -8.1

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|Jan precipitation mm = 111.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 81.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 59.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 51.2

|May precipitation mm = 48.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 20.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 12.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 10.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 25.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 39.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 78.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 143.0

|year precipitation mm = 680.8

|Jan precipitation days = 10.00

|Feb precipitation days = 9.63

|Mar precipitation days = 9.13

|Apr precipitation days = 9.00

|May precipitation days = 6.83

|Jun precipitation days = 2.77

|Jul precipitation days = 1.20

|Aug precipitation days = 0.83

|Sep precipitation days = 2.87

|Oct precipitation days = 5.43

|Nov precipitation days = 6.77

|Dec precipitation days = 10.03

|year precipitation days = 74.5

| Jan humidity = 67.9

| Feb humidity = 66.2

| Mar humidity = 65.7

| Apr humidity = 66.7

| May humidity = 66.7

| Jun humidity = 68.2

| Jul humidity = 71.4

| Aug humidity = 70.7

| Sep humidity = 65.3

| Oct humidity = 61.4

| Nov humidity = 63.3

| Dec humidity = 69.1

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|Jan sun = 139.5

|Feb sun = 144.1

|Mar sun = 186.0

|Apr sun = 213.0

|May sun = 282.1

|Jun sun = 318.0

|Jul sun = 334.8

|Aug sun = 322.4

|Sep sun = 270.0

|Oct sun = 229.4

|Nov sun = 177.0

|Dec sun = 136.4

|Jand sun = 4.3

|Febd sun = 5.1

|Mard sun = 5.9

|Aprd sun = 6.9

|Mayd sun = 8.6

|Jund sun = 9.9

|Juld sun = 10.1

|Augd sun = 9.4

|Sepd sun = 8.7

|Octd sun = 7.2

|Novd sun = 5.7

|Decd sun = 4.0

|source 1 = Turkish State Meteorological Service{{cite web

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|source 2 = NOAA (humidity, 1991-2020){{cite web

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File:Old City Hall Adana.jpg

Adana Metropolitan Municipality covers an area of {{convert|30|km2|abbr=on}} around the City Hall.{{cite web | url = http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/kanunlar/k5216.html| title= 5216 sayılı Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kanunu|language=tr|publisher=Grand National Assembly of Turkey | access-date=26 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727174410/http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/kanunlar/k5216.html| archive-date= 27 July 2010 | url-status= live}} Four levels of government are involved in the administration of the city; national, provincial, metropolitan and district municipalities.The Government of Turkey in Ankara holds most of the power: health, education, the police and many other city-related services are administered by Ankara through an appointed Governor. The national government is also the lawmaker, adjudicator and auditor of all the other levels of government and the neighbourhood administration. Municipal governance is run via a two-tier structure: the Metropolitan Municipality forms the upper tier and the district municipalities form the lower tier. The Metropolitan Municipality takes care of construction and the maintenance of major roads and parks, and operates local transit and fire services.{{cite web | url = http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/kanunlar/k5216.html| title = 5216 sayılı Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kanunu|publisher=Grand National Assembly of Turkey | access-date=26 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727174410/http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/kanunlar/k5216.html| archive-date= 27 July 2010 | url-status= live}}

File:Orhan_Kemal_Cultural_Centre.JPG belonging to Çukurova Municipality ]]

Adana Municipality was incorporated in 1871 though the city continued to be governed under the muhtesip system until 1877 by the first mayor Gözlüklü Süleyman Efendi. Modern municipal governance began with the second mayor Kirkor Bezdikyan and his successor Sinyor Artin. Roads were widened and paved with cobblestones, drainage canals and trenches were cut, and the first municipal regulations were put into effect. After the founding of the republic in 1923, major infrastructure projects were carried out and the first planned neighbourhoods were built to the north of the city. Turhan Cemal Beriker served as mayor and governor from 1926 to 1938. With the completion of the Seyhan Dam in 1956, the city saw explosive growth and the then prime minister Adnan Menderes showed special interest in Adana, initiating large-scale infrastructure projects like citywide underground sewer systems and rezoning residential areas. Since 1984, the cityscape has seen great change with the revitalisation of the Seyhan river and the construction of large parks and boulevards.{{cite web | url= http://www.adana.bel.tr/adana-buyuksehir-belediyesi-tarihcesi-sayfa.html | title= Adana Büyükşehir Belediyesi Tarihçesi | language= tr | publisher= Adana Metropolitan Municipality | access-date= 26 July 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100731085938/http://www.adana.bel.tr/adana-buyuksehir-belediyesi-tarihcesi-sayfa.html | archive-date= 31 July 2010 | url-status= dead | df= dmy-all}}

Metropolitan Municipality Law was introduced in 1989 when municipal governance was split between the metropolitan municipality and the district municipalities. Adana Municipality became the Metropolitan Municipality and two new district municipalities - Seyhan and Yüreğir - were founded. Karaisalı was annexed to the city in 2006, while the Çukurova and Sarıçam districts were founded in 2008 by partitioning the Seyhan and Yüreğir districts. On 3 February 2012, Karataş Municipal Council agreed to amalgamate with Adana, hence Karataş will become the city's sixth district after the transition process is complete.{{cite web | url = http://haberler.com/karatas-belediyesi-buyuksehir-e-baglanma-karari-3327420-haberi/| title= Karataş Belediyesi Büyükşehir'e Bağlanma Kararı Aldı.| date= 3 February 2012|language=tr|publisher=Haberler.com | access-date=3 February 2012}}

The Metropolitan Municipality consists of three organs: the Metropolitan Council, the Mayor and the Encümen or Executive Committee. Each district municipal council elects one-fifth of their members to represent it at the metropolitan council. Thus, the metropolitan council consists of 35 councillors, ten from Seyhan district, eight from Yüreğir, eight from Çukurova, six from Sarıçam, two from Karaisalı and the metropolitan mayor who is elected directly by the voters.{{cite web|url=http://www.adana.bel.tr/belediye-meclisi-uyesi-sayfa.html|title=Adana Büyükşehir Belediyesi Meclis Üyeleri|language=tr|publisher=Adana Metropolitan Municipality|access-date=27 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915142641/http://adana.bel.tr/belediye-meclisi-uyesi-sayfa.html|archive-date=15 September 2010|df=dmy-all}} The executive committee consists of ten members, five being metropolitan councillors and the other five directors at the metropolitan hall who are appointed by the metropolitan mayor.{{cite web | url= http://www.adana.bel.tr/encumen-uyeleri-sayfa.html | title= Adana Büyükşehir Belediyesi Encümeni | language= tr | publisher= Adana Metropolitan Municipality | access-date= 27 July 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100612153829/http://www.adana.bel.tr/encumen-uyeleri-sayfa.html | archive-date= 12 June 2010 | url-status= dead | df= dmy-all}}

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File:Adana,_Reşatbey_Mh.,_Seyhan-Adana,_Turkey_-_panoramio_(51).jpg

The City of Adana consists of the urban areas of the four metropolitan districts; Seyhan, Yüreğir, Çukurova and Sarıçam.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

Çukurova district is a modern residential district that lies north of Seyhan district and south of the Seyhan Reservoir. It was planned in the mid-1980s to direct the urban sprawl towards land north of the city. Called New Adana, the project consisted of 200,000 homes including villas along the lake shore and high-rise apartment blocks along the wide, newly opened boulevards of Turgut Özal, Süleyman Demirel and Kenan Evren.{{cite web|url=http://www.adana.bel.tr/yeni-adana-projesi-sayfa.html|title=Yeni Adana Projesi|language=tr|publisher=Adana Metropolitan Municipality|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915124243/http://adana.bel.tr/yeni-adana-projesi-sayfa.html|archive-date=15 September 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Yüreğir district, east of the river, consists mainly of large-scale industry and low-income residential areas. With the construction of new bridges over the river and the extension of the metro line, Yüreğir became increasingly important, with the Adana Court of Justice re-locating to the district and a 47.5-hectare health campus planned for the Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood.{{cite web | url = http://www.haber01.com/SA%C4%9ELIK-KAMPUSU-YURE%C4%9EIR-E-10039.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122424/http://www.haber01.com/SA%C4%9ELIK-KAMPUSU-YURE%C4%9EIR-E-10039.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 December 2018 | title = Sağlık Kampüsü Yüreğir'e | publisher = haber01.com | access-date = 4 September 2010}} An extensive urban redevelopment plan will also convert the Sinanpaşa, Yavuzlar, Köprülü and Kışla neighbourhoods into modern residential areas.{{cite web | url = http://www.kentselhaber.com/V10/News/114515/Adana-da-kentsel-donusum-basladi | title = Adana'da Kentsel Donusum | publisher = Kentsel Haber | access-date = 18 August 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713143606/http://www.kentselhaber.com/V10/News/114515/Adana-da-kentsel-donusum-basladi | archive-date = 13 July 2011 | df = dmy-all}}

Individual neighbourhoods (mahalle) are administrative units within the district municipalities and are administered by the muhtar (headman) and the Neighborhood Seniors Council. Although elected by the neighbourhood residents, the muhtar is not granted any powers but functions as an administrator of the national government. The muhtar can raise neighbourhood issues with the district municipality and has a seat at the Adana City Assembly, an umbrella organisation for the coordination of public institutions in the city.{{citation|last=Koçberber|first=Seyit|year=2007|title=Yeni Belediye Yasası ile Mahalle Yönetimi|publisher=Sayıştay Journal|volume=56|pages=103–114|language=tr}}

There are a total of 254 neighbourhoods in the city. Seyhan has 99 neighbourhoods, 69 of them in the original urban area and 30 in the neighbourhoods of the former municipalities and the former villages that were converted into neighbourhoods. Yüreğir has 99 neighbourhoods, 38 in the urban area and 61 in the rural. There are 29 neighbourhoods in Sarıçam, 16 neighbourhoods in Çukurova and 11 in Karaisalı district. A neighbourhood population can range from 150 to 63,000.{{cite web| url = http://adana.bel.tr/ilce-mahalle-ve-muhtarliklar-sayfa.html| title = Adana Kenti İlçe Mahalle ve Muhtarlıklar| language = tr| publisher = Metropolitan Municipality| access-date = 27 July 2010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100915124624/http://adana.bel.tr/ilce-mahalle-ve-muhtarliklar-sayfa.html| archive-date = 15 September 2010| df = dmy-all}}

File:BDK_(_Buyuk_Demir_Kazik)_Mountain_(3756_m)._Aladaglar_National_Park.jpg in Adana Province is a popular tourism destination.]]

File:Aladaglar_-_Yedigoller.jpg during winter]]

A major centre for grain and cotton production in the Ottoman period, Adana was one of Turkey's first industrialised cities and is now one of its most economically developed cities.{{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Yuan Julian |date=2021-10-11 |title=Between the Islamic and Chinese Universal Empires: The Ottoman Empire, Ming Dynasty, and Global Age of Explorations |url=https://www.academia.edu/59068575 |journal=Journal of Early Modern History |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=422–456 |doi=10.1163/15700658-bja10030 |s2cid=244587800 |issn=1385-3783}} A mid-size trading city until the mid-1800s, the city attracted European traders after the United States, a major cotton supplier, became embroiled in its Civil War. Cilician farmers exported agricultural products for the first time and started building up capital. By the start of the 20th century, factories, almost all of them processing cotton, began to operate here. The coming of the Republic accelerated industrialisation as closed plants were re-activated and state-owned plants opened. With the construction of the Seyhan Dam and improvements in agricultural techniques, there was an explosive growth in agricultural production during the 1950s. Large-scale industry grew up along the D-400 highway and the Karataş road. A service industry, especially banking, developed during this period.{{cite web | url = http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=27748 | title = Bekleyen dev: Adana | publisher = Aksiyon | access-date = 2 February 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104023320/http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=27748 | archive-date = 4 January 2014 | df = dmy-all}}

Extensive neo-liberal policies adopted by then Prime Minister Turgut Özal to centralise Turkey's economy caused almost all the Adana-based companies to move their headquarters to Istanbul. The decline in cotton planting raised the cost of raw material for manufacturing, and the city saw a wave of plant closures starting from the mid-1990s.{{cite web | url = http://haber.gazetevatan.com/Adanada_sanayi_tasfiye_oluyor/227177/2/Haber | title = Adana'da sanayi tasfiye oluyor.(Turkish) | publisher = Vatan Gazetesi | access-date = 9 March 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616043138/http://haber.gazetevatan.com/Adanada_sanayi_tasfiye_oluyor/227177/2/Haber | archive-date = 16 June 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all}} Young professionals fled the city, contributing to Adana's unenviable status as the country's top brain drain city. Financial and human capital flight from Adana has continued to increase since 2002 due to the government's neo-liberal centralisation policies similar to Özal's. In 2010, unemployment in the city reached a record 19.1 percent.{{cite web | url = http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetayV3&ArticleID=1053946&CategoryID=80 | title = Adana'da 5 kişiden biri işsiz(Turkish) |publisher=Radikal Gazetesi | access-date=24 June 2011}}

Adana was named among the 25 European Regions of the Future for 2006/2007 by Foreign Direct Investment magazine. Chosen alongside Kocaeli, Adana scored the highest points for cost effectiveness against Kocaeli's points for infrastructure development, while the two towns tied for points in the categories of human resources and quality of life.{{cite web | url = http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1544/EUROPEAN_CITIES___REGIONS_OF_THE_FUTURE_2006_07.html | title = European Regions of the Future | work = Foreign Direct Investment Magazine | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311042032/http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1544/EUROPEAN_CITIES___REGIONS_OF_THE_FUTURE_2006_07.html | archive-date = 11 March 2007 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all}}

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A leading commercial centre in southern Turkey, Adana hosts the regional headquarters of many corporate and public institutions. TÜYAP Exhibition and Congress Center hosts fairs and business conferences, and is currently the main meeting point for businesses in Çukurova.{{cite web |url=http://www.tuyap.com.tr/en/index.php?main=m_adana_hakkinda&fbid=4&left=l_adana |title=Adana Exhibition and Congress Center |publisher=TÜYAP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113142116/http://www.tuyap.com.tr/en/index.php?main=m_adana_hakkinda&fbid=4&left=l_adana |archive-date=13 November 2008 |df=dmy-all}} The academic oriented 2000-seater Alper Akınoğlu Congress Center is expected to open in 2012 at Çukurova University campus.{{cite web | url = http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=689770 | title = ÇÜ'de, 2 bin kişilik kültür ve kongre merkezi temeli atıldı (Turkish) | publisher = Zaman Gazetesi | access-date = 15 May 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928214506/http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=689770 | archive-date = 28 September 2011 | df = dmy-all}}

The Adana Chamber of Commerce (ATO) was founded in 1894 to guide and regulate the cotton trade and it is one of the oldest of its kind in Turkey. Today the Chamber has more than 25,000 member companies, and furthers the interests of businesses and advocates on their behalf.{{cite web | url = http://www.adana-to.org.tr/TR/Odamiz/Tarihce.htm | title = ATO Tarihçe (Turkish) | publisher = Adana Chamber of Commerce | access-date = 5 February 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120615233113/http://www.adana-to.org.tr/TR/Odamiz/Tarihce.htm | archive-date = 15 June 2012 | df = dmy-all}} The Adana Commodity Exchange, founded in 1913, functions mainly to organise the trade in agricultural produce and livestock. It is located opposite the Metropolitan Theatre.{{cite web | url = http://www.adanatb.org.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=78 | title = Adana Ticaret Borsası Tarihçe (Turkish) | publisher = Adana Commodity Exchange | access-date = 5 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120411141017/http://www.adanatb.org.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=78 | archive-date = 11 April 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all}} According to the Patent Registrar, an original Adana kebab is made only by a vendor who has successfully passed an inspection conducted on the spot by the Adana Chamber of Commerce.{{Cite web|last=Chamber of Commerce |first=Adana |title=Execution Guideline for the Patented Adana Kebabı |language=tr |publisher=Adana Ticaret Odası |year=2005 |url=http://www.adana-to.org.tr/tr/kebap/yonerge.htm |access-date=2011-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826033115/http://www.adana-to.org.tr/tr/kebap/yonerge.htm |archive-date=2011-08-26 }}

The designation of the coastal areas of Ceyhan and Yumurtalık districts as Energy-specific Industrial Areas has made Adana an attraction for hotel building. Current 5-star hotels of the city, Hilton, Seyhan and Sürmeli will be complemented by Sheraton and Türkmen hotels on the river bank, Ramada and Divan hotels in the city center, Anemon hotel at the west end which are all currently under construction.{{cite web | url = http://www.cuktob.org.tr/uyelerimiz.asp?LnkKId=2 | title = Hotels in Adana | publisher = ÇUKTOB | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100119032255/http://www.cuktob.org.tr/uyelerimiz.asp?LnkKId=2 | archive-date = 19 January 2010 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all}}

Adana is the marketing and distribution centre for the Çukurova agricultural region, where cotton, wheat, corn, soy bean, barley, grapes and citrus fruits are produced in great quantities. Adana's farmers produce half of Turkey's corn and soy beans. Thirty-four percent of Turkey's peanuts and 29 percent of Turkey's oranges are harvested in Adana.{{cite web|url=http://www.turkcebilgi.net/bilim/cografya/illere-gore-tarim-urunleri-ve-uretim-miktarlari-54480.html |title=İllere göre tarım miktarları |publisher=Turkcebilgi.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429072158/http://www.turkcebilgi.net/bilim/cografya/illere-gore-tarim-urunleri-ve-uretim-miktarlari-54480.html |archive-date=29 April 2010 |df=dmy}} Most of the local farming and agricultural-based companies have their offices in Adana. Producer co-operatives play a significant role in the city's economy. Çukobirlik, Turkey's largest co-operative producer, has 36,064 members in ten provinces and does everything from planting to the marketing of cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers and canola.{{cite web | url = http://www.cukobirlik.com.tr/default.asp?tekd=1 | title = Çukobirlik Tarihçe|publisher=Çukobirlik | access-date=4 February 2012}}

The Adana Agriculture Fair is the region's largest fair attracting more than 100,000 visitors from twenty nations. It hosts agriculture, livestock, poultry and dairy businesses. A Greenhouse and Gardening Fair takes place at the same time as the Agriculture Fair which is organised on a 3.5-hectare area of the TÜYAP Exhibition Center every October.{{cite web | url = http://www.haberler.com/adana-tarim-fuari-na-20-ulkeden-katilimci-geliyor-3051148-haberi/ | title = Adana Tarım Fuarı'na 20 Ülkeden Katılımcı Geliyor| date = 11 October 2011|publisher=Haberler.com }}

Adana's large-scale industry is mostly centred on agriculture. Food processing and fabricating metal products are major industries, making up 27 percent of Adana's manufacturing,{{cite web | url = http://www.adaso.org.tr/WebDosyalar/Yayinlar/RakamlarlaAdana/ADANA%20SANAY%C4%B0%20DURUM%202016%20web.pdf | title = Distribution Of Sectors in Adana | publisher = Adana Chamber of Industry | access-date = 14 October 2016 | language = tr | archive-date = 20 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220193943/http://www.adaso.org.tr/WebDosyalar/Yayinlar/RakamlarlaAdana/ADANA%20SANAY%C4%B0%20DURUM%202016%20web.pdf | url-status = dead }} but furniture and rubber/plastic product manufacturing plants are also numerous. {{As of|2008}}, Adana has eleven companies in Turkey's top 500 industrial firms.{{cite web | url = http://www.flyair.com.tr/adana-ucak-bileti/ | title = Türkiye'nin en büyük 500 sanayi kuruluşu arasına Adana'dan sadece 11 firma girdi (Turkish)|publisher=Zaman Gazetesi }} The largest company in Adana, Temsa Global, an automotive manufacturer, has more than 2500 employees and manufactures 4000 buses annually. Marsan-Adana is the largest margarine and plant oil factory in Turkey.{{cite web | url = http://www.marsangida.com/en/sirketimiz.aspx | title = Marsan Adana Plant | publisher = Marsan | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091004073131/http://www.marsangida.com/en/sirketimiz.aspx | archive-date = 4 October 2009 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all}} Advansa Sasa is Europe's largest polyester manufacturer employing 2650.{{cite web | url = http://www.advansa.com/en/about-advansa-2/locations | title = Advansa Adana Plant | publisher = Advansa | access-date = 29 May 2016 | archive-date = 20 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160920031959/http://www.advansa.com/en/about-advansa-2/locations | url-status = dead }}

As of 31 December 2024, the total population of the four districts which composes the Adana metropolitan area was 1,816,750.{{cite web |url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/ |title=Biruni |website=Biruni.tuik.gov.tr |access-date=2025-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308071248/https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/ |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

According to Evliya Çelebi, during the 17th century, the town was mostly composed of Turkomans but also included Arabs, Greeks, Armenians, and Jews.{{cite book |last1=Çelebi |first1=Evliya |title=Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnamesi |year=1896 |page=338 |publisher=[stnbl] dm Maba'asi |url=https://archive.org/details/evliyaelebiseyah09evli/page/338/mode/2up |access-date=6 December 2022 |quote=Ve halkı ekseriya بله dir yani Oğuz tayifesidir(...) Bir alay Türkman kavmidir(...) Ve Arab ve Tat Fellah ve Urum ve Ermeni ve Yahudi var bir şehri kebirdir}}

An Ottoman tax register from 1526 records sixteen Turkish and one Armenian residential area.The Plain of Saints and Prophets: The Nusayri-Alawi Community of Cilicia, Gisela Procházka-Eisl, Stephan Procházka, p. 39 During the 17th century more Armenians and Greeks settled in the city.

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The demographics of the city changed significantly in the 1990s after the massive migration of Kurds, many of them having been forced to leave their villages in the southeast at the peak of the Turkey–PKK conflict.{{cite web |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalYazar&ArticleID=1025234&Yazar=SIRRI%20S%DCREYYA%20%D6NDER&Date=24.10.2010&CategoryID=97 |title=1990'larda kimine göre 2.5 milyon, kimine göre 4.5 milyon Kürt göç ettirildi.(Turkish)|work=Radikal |access-date=28 January 2012}} The Conos, a tribe of Romani people of Romania, settled in Adana during the Balkan Wars; today they mainly live around the Sinanpaşa neighbourhood. Around 8,000 Romani people live in Adana Province.{{cite web |url=https://gezily.com/adana-gezilecek-yerler |title=Adana Gezilecek Yerler |date=7 August 2020 |publisher=Gezily }} There is also a sizeable community of migrants from the Balkans and Caucasia, who settled in Adana before and during the Balkan Wars.

There were 172,000 Armenians in the Adana area in 1921, just before the Cilicia Evacuation. Around 82,000 of them were not sent into exile which explains why they remained in Adana and assimilated into Turkish society. Ten thousand to 15,000 of the descendants, who are known as Crypto-Armenians, still practise their Armenian/Christian culture behind closed doors.{{cite news|last=Söylemez |first=Haşim |title=Türkiye'de, Araplaşan binlerce Ermeni de var |url=http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-17376-34-turkiyede-araplasan-binlerce-ermeni-de-var.html |access-date=16 June 2013 |newspaper=Aksiyon |date=27 August 2007 |language=tr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603043528/http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-17376-34-turkiyede-araplasan-binlerce-ermeni-de-var.html |archive-date=3 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }} There are also many descendants of the Armenian children given to orphanages or to Muslim families for fostering in 1909 and 1915. Altogether, Adana may have the largest number of assimilated Armenians in contemporary Turkey.{{CathEncy|wstitle=Adana}} Adana is home to a community of around 2,000 British and Americans serving at NATO's Incirlik Air Base. Before 2003, the community numbered up to 22,000 but it declined after many troops were stationed in Iraq.{{cite web |url=http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=4126756 |title=Amerikalı asker sayısı azaldı. (Turkish) |publisher=CİHAN News Agency |access-date=18 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717114401/http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=4126756 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |df=dmy-all}}

As with other cities on the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, Adana has a strong secularist population. Amongst the people of faith, the majority of Turks, most of the Kurds and some of the Arabs are Sunni Muslim. Adana is also a stronghold of Alevism, many Alevis having moved to the city from Kahramanmaraş after the Maraş Massacre of 1978. Most of the Arabs of Adana are Alawites and often confused with Alevis. Alawite Arabs are known locally as Nusayri or Fellah. Adana also has a tiny community of Roman Catholics and a few Jewish families.

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The Ulu Cami, a külliye built in 1541 during the Ramadanid era, is the most interesting medieval mosque to survive in Adana along with its medrese and türbe. The mosque is made from black and white marble with decorative window surrounds and is famous for the 16th century Iznik tiles lining the interior. The minaret features unique Mamluk decoration and an orthogonal floor plan.

The Yağ Camii was originally built as the Church of St. James, then converted into a mosque by Ramazanoğlu Halil Bey in 1501.{{cite web |title=Adana |url=http://www.adonisistanbul.com/adonis/page.php?58 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311070341/http://www.adonisistanbul.com/adonis/page.php?58 |archive-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Adonis İstanbul |df=dmy-all}}

The Yeni Camii (New Mosque) was built in 1724 by Abdülrezzak Antaki, and is still known to some as the Antaki Mosque. The influence of Mamluk architecture is visible. A rectangular building, it has interesting stonework on its south walls.{{cite web |title=Yeni Camii |url=http://www.kenthaber.com/akdeniz/adana/seyhan/Rehber/cami-ve-mescitler/yeni-cami |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005030129/http://www.kenthaber.com/akdeniz/adana/seyhan/Rehber/cami-ve-mescitler/yeni-cami |archive-date=5 October 2009 |publisher=Kenthaber Kültür Kurulu |df=dmy-all}}

The huge and prominent Sabancı Merkez Camii (Sabancı Central Mosque) on the west bank of the Seyhan river is Adana's most visited mosque and one of the largest mosques in the Middle East. Built following Ottoman architectural traditions, the mosque was opened in 1998 to accommodate up to 28,500 worshippers. It has six minarets, four of them 99 meters high. Its dome has a diameter of 32 meters and is 54 meters above the prayer hall. Near the Seyhan Bridge, the mosque is visible over a wide area.{{cite web |title=Sabancı Merkez Camii |url=http://www.sabancivakfi.org/tr/?kalicieser/sos/adana/sabanci_merkez_cami/adana_sabanci_merkez_cami.html |publisher=Sabancı Vakfı}}

Adana Archaeological Museum originally opened in 1924 as one of Turkey's first ten museums. It moved to the west corner of Seyhan Bridge in 1972. The museum exhibits archeological works from all over the Çukurova. Notable exhibits include two statues of Augustus, the Achilles Sarcophagus depicting the Trojan War and statues found in the ancient cities of Magarsus and Augusta. In 2019 it moved to a completely new location in an abandoned textiles factory.{{Cite web |last=Sabah |first=Daily |date=2017-05-19 |title=Turkey's largest museum complex unveiled in Adana |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/05/19/turkeys-largest-museum-complex-unveiled-in-adana |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Daily Sabah |language=en-US}}

The Atatürk Museum focuses on the War of Independence and the first years of Republic in a mansion where Atatürk stayed during his trips to Adana.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

Other museums, several of them in restored historic buildings, include the Karacaoğlan Museum of Literature, the Adana Museum of Cinema, the Yeşiloba Martyrs' Museum, the Mehmet Baltacı Museum of Photography and the Adana Urban Museum.{{cite web |date=12 February 2012 |title=Müzelere öğrenci ilgisi (Turkish) |url=http://www.haberler.com/muzelere-ogrenci-ilgisi-3353777-haberi/ |access-date=12 February 2012 |publisher=Haberler.com}}

Of the bridges crossing the Seyhan river within the city, the most notable is the Taşköprü, a 2nd-century Roman bridge.{{cite web | url = http://www.adanakultur.gov.tr/BelgeGoster.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFB0ED0AA5232E402F59FCBAD67E463149| title = Adana Taşköprü (Stone Bridge)| publisher=Governorship of Adana Tourism and Culture Department}}

The Çarşı Hamam (Turkish bath of the Bazaar) was built in 1529 by Ramazanoğlu Piri Pasha and is Adana's largest hamam. It has five domes and the interior is faced with marble. At the time it was built, water used to be brought from the Seyhan River using a sequence of canals and water wheels.{{cite web |title=Çarşı Hamamı(Turkish) |url=http://www.kenthaber.com/akdeniz/adana/seyhan/Rehber/hamamlar/carsi-hamami--- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004173530/http://www.kenthaber.com/akdeniz/adana/seyhan/Rehber/hamamlar/carsi-hamami--- |archive-date=4 October 2009 |publisher=Kenthaber Kültür Kurulu |df=dmy-all}}

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Nineteenth century Adana had four churches, two Armenian, one Greek Orthodox and one Roman Catholic. The Roman Catholic Saint Paul Church (Bebekli Kilise) was built in 1870 and is in the old town, close to 5 Ocak Square. It currently serves the Roman Catholic and Protestant communities."[http://www.anadolukatolikkilisesi.org/adana/tr/]." Adana Catholic Church. Retrieved on 28 September 2015.

The Agios Nikolaos (St Nicholas) Greek Orthodox Church was built in 1845 in the Kuruköprü area but was converted into a museum in 1950. It was reconsecrated as a church in 2015 and renamed the Kuruköprü Monumental Church.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

The Armenian Church on Ali Münif Street, midway between the Yağ Camii and the Büyük Saat, was converted into a branch of the Ziraat Bank during the Republican Era. Surp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Apostolic Church on Abidinpaşa Street, which was in service until 1915, was used as a cinema until 1970 then demolished by the government. The Central Bank (Merkez Bankası) regional headquarters was built in its place.{{cite web|url=http://cezmiyurtsever.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=191&Itemid=28|title=Kiikya Ermenileri|first=Cezmi|last=Yurtsever|publisher=Cezmiyurtsever.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708133100/http://cezmiyurtsever.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=191&Itemid=28|archive-date=8 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Adana has many parks and gardens.{{cite web | url = http://adana-bld.gov.tr/adanabld.asp?siteID=2&DilID=1&KatID=4&sayfaID=25 | title = Rekreasyon Çalışmaları | publisher = Adana Metropolitan Municipality | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140822193026/http://adana-bld.gov.tr/adanabld.asp?siteID=2&DilID=1&KatID=4&sayfaID=25 | archive-date = 22 August 2014 | url-status = dead }}

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The Merkez Park (Central Park) is a 33-hectare urban park on both banks of the Seyhan river, just north of the Sabancı Merkez Mosque. With a 2100-seater amphitheatre, a Chinese Garden, a Rowing Club and two cafes, it is the city's main recreational area.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

The Süleyman Demirel Arboretum is a large botanical garden containing collections of woody plants intended partly for scientific study by Çukurova University researchers. The arboretum is also used for recreational purposes by city residents. 512 species of plants can be found in the arboretum.{{cite web | url = http://www.ogm-adanaobm.gov.tr/default.asp?orman=arboretum | title = Çukurova Süleyman Demirel Arboretumu (Turkish) | publisher = Adana Orman Bölge Müdürlüğü }} {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

The Büyük Saat (Great Clock Tower), built by the governor of Adana in 1882, is Turkey's tallest clock tower, rising {{convert|32|m|2|abbr=on}} high.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}} Ramazanoğlu Hall was built in 1495 during the reign of Halil Bey.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

One of the defining features of Adana is its agriculture-based life and the agriculture-based industrial culture associated with it. However, developments in industrial life, improvements in transportation, the effects of mass communication and large-scale migration have affected Adana's culture. As in other Turkish cities, the culture in different sections of the city is often very different from that in other areas.{{cite web | url = http://turkoloji.cu.edu.tr/CUKUROVA/makaleler/25.php | title = Adana Halk Kültürüne bakış |first=Erman|last=Artun|publisher=Çukurova Üniversitesi Türkoloji Araştırmaları Merkezi}}

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The {{Lang|tr|Adana kebabı}}, simply called "kebap" locally, is made from minced meat and is the most popular dining choice in the city.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}

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The Adana State Theatre opened its doors in 1981 at the Sabancı Cultural Centre and performs regularly from October to May.{{cite web|url=http://www.adanadt.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27|title=Adana Devlet Tiyatrosu Tarihçesi(Turkish)|publisher=Adana Devlet Tiyatroları|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909033855/http://www.adanadt.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27|archive-date=9 September 2009|df=dmy-all}}

The International Sabancı Theatre Festival has been held every April since 1999. The opening show was staged on the Seyhan River and the Taşköprü by the Italian ensemble Studio Festi. The "Water Symphony" show was greeted with great enthusiasm.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/?etkinlikler/tiyatro_festivali/13/13_tiyatro_festivali.html|title=13th State Theater-Sabancı International Adana Theater Festival|publisher=Sabancivakfi.org|access-date=2 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404202250/http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/?etkinlikler%2Ftiyatro_festivali%2F13%2F13_tiyatro_festivali.html|archive-date=4 April 2011|df=dmy-all}}

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An Orange Blossom Carnival is held every April, inspired by the scent of the city's orange-tree-lined streets. The carnival parade of 2015 attracted more than 90.000 people—the highest ever attendance at an outdoor event in Adana.{{cite web |url=http://www.nisandaadanada.com/WebSite/Display.aspx?MyContentGroupID=6 |title=Nisan'da Adana'da |website=Nisandaadanada.com |access-date=2016-01-19 |archive-date=9 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209181021/http://nisandaadanada.com/WebSite/Display.aspx?MyContentGroupID=6 |url-status=dead }}

The International Çukurova Instrumental Music Festival is a two-week long festival held annually in Adana, Antakya and Gaziantep. In 2009, the fifth estival took place with an opening concert by the Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra. Baritone Marcin Bronikowski, pianist Vania Batchvarova, guitarist Peter Finger, cellist Ozan Tunca and pianist Zöhrap Adıgüzelzade all performed at the festival.{{cite web | url = http://www.cumder.org/2009/index.html | title = 5.Uluslararası Çukurova Çoksesli Müzik Festivali(Turkish) | publisher = Çukurova Müzik Dostları Derneği | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100105155502/http://www.cumder.org/2009/index.html | archive-date = 5 January 2010 | url-status = dead }}

Çukurova Art Days is a regional festival that has been taking place annually since 2007 in Adana, Mersin, Tarsus, Antakya, İskenderun, Silifke, Anamur and (in the past) in Aleppo.{{cite web | url = http://www.sondakika.com/haber-6-uluslararasi-cukurova-sanat-gunleri-3472991/ | title = 6. Uluslararası Çukurova Sanat Günleri (Turkish) | publisher = Son Dakika | access-date = 26 March 2012 | archive-date = 18 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018164352/http://www.sondakika.com/haber-6-uluslararasi-cukurova-sanat-gunleri-3472991/ | url-status = dead }}

During the mid-20th century, Adana was well known for its vibrant nightlife and many {{lang|tr|pavyons}} which mostly functioned as adult entertainment clubs, similar to the Japanese hostess clubs, with live music and a lounge with tables lined up on the ground floor and private rooms upstairs.{{cite web | url = http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/yasam/adana_artik_pavyonla_anilmiyor?tc=36&albumId=29729&page=22 | title = Adana artık pavyonla anılmıyor.(Turkish)|first=İbrahim|last=Altay|publisher=Sabah Gazetesi|access-date= 11 February 2012}} The first {{lang|tr|pavyons}} opened before 1942 with the arrival of Englishmen who worked on the Adana-Ulukışla road that was funded by the British Government in an effort to persuade Turkey to join World War II.{{cite web | url = http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/yasam/adana_artik_pavyonla_anilmiyor?tc=36&albumId=29729&page=19 | title = Adana'da bar-pavyon hayatı| first=İbrahim| last=Altay|publisher=Sabah Gazetesi}}

The pavyons led the way for Western-style pubs and nightclubs by the late 1980s as Adana underwent big socio-economic changes. The traditional entertainment district was Sular, near the Central Station, but nowadays pubs and clubs are spread throughout the city. The bigger clubs are mostly along the river and around the lake. There are still two active {{lang|tr|pavyons}}, Afrodit and Maksim, but now most adult entertainment is directed at what is known locally as tele-bars which are licensed as regular pubs but function as places where bargirls entertain customers. There are around twenty tele-bars mainly in the city centre and around the old dam.{{cite web | url = http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/yasam/adana_artik_pavyonla_anilmiyor?tc=36&albumId=29729&page=12 | title = Tele-bar Furyası (Turkish)|first=İbrahim|last=Altay|publisher=Sabah Gazetesi}}

A hundred-year-long tradition of dining on kebab, liver and rakı in the Kazancılar Bazaar, with street music and dancing, turned into a festival with all-night entertainment in 2010. The World Rakı Festival, officially renamed the Adana Kebab and Şalgam Festival, is held on the second Saturday night of December and attracts more than 20,000 people to the old town.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnnturk.com/haber/turkiye/rakicilar-bir-kez-daha-dunya-raki-gunune-hazirlaniyor |title=Rakıcılar bir kez daha Dünya Rakı Gününde buluşuyor |website=Cnnturk.com |date=2014-11-27 |access-date=2016-01-19}}

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Athletic sport life had progressed in Cilicia with the coaches that were invited to Adana from Istanbul in the early 20th century. Varag Pogharian and Mateos Zarifian played an important role in organising the athletic movement and the first sports clubs in the city were founded by the Armenian community. In 1913, Adana Türkgücü was founded by Ahmet Remzi Bey and İsmail Sefa Bey in alliance with the Istanbul Türkgücü club that had been initiated by the Committee of Union and Progress.Tekin İdem (2015) Journal of History Schools, Volume 8, Part 22, Ahmet Remzi Yüreğir'in Hayatı ve 8.Yasama Dönemi Meclis Faaliyetleri, Batman Üniversitesi, Batman, Türkiye [https://www.batman.edu.tr/Files/Scientific/da2fc49e-e5fc-4382-b79f-3293f725ed70.pdf page 325] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215143156/http://www.batman.edu.tr/Files/Scientific/da2fc49e-e5fc-4382-b79f-3293f725ed70.pdf |date=15 December 2017 }} Adana's athletic clubs joined the Cilician Olympic Games held in April 1914 at a venue north of Dörtyol, a first of its kind for the region.Hayk Demoyan (editor) (2014) International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, Volume 1, Part 1, Patriotism, Competitive Nationalism and Minority's Success: Armenian Sports in the Ottoman Empire pre-1915 period, Tigran Mets Publishing House, Yerevan, Armenia, [https://issuu.com/agmi.am/docs/journal-of-armenian-genocide-englis page 21]

Football is the most popular sport in Adana although basketball, volleyball and handball are also played widely at professional and amateur levels. Warm weather makes the city a haven for sports like rowing, sailing, swimming and water polo. Horse racing and horse riding are also popular. The biannual Men's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship took place in Adana on 5–15 October 2009; twelve countries competed and Italy won the title after a final game against Turkey.{{cite web | url = http://www.haberler.gen.al/2009-10-07/avrupa-tekerlekli-sandalye-basketbol-sampiyonasi-adanada-basladi/ | title = Avrupa Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Şampiyonası Adana'da başladı.(Turkish) | publisher = Haberler.gen.al | access-date = 17 January 2012 | archive-date = 13 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161013000600/http://www.haberler.gen.al/2009-10-07/avrupa-tekerlekli-sandalye-basketbol-sampiyonasi-adanada-basladi/ | url-status = dead }} Adana also hosted the 2013 IWBF Men's U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.haberler.com/2013-dunya-gencler-tekerlekli-sandalye-basketbol-3273271-haberi/ | title = 2013 Dünya Gençler Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Şampiyonası'na doğru(Turkish)| date = 16 January 2012|publisher=Haberler.com }} The 1967 Women's European Volleyball Championship was organised in Turkey with Adana a host city along with Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir. Group C games are played in Adana at the Menderes Sports Hall.{{cite web | url = http://todor66.com/volleyball/Europe/Women_1967.html | title = Volleyball VII European Championship 1967 | website = Todor66.com | access-date = 2016-05-28 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160527011356/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Europe/Women_1967.html | archive-date = 27 May 2016 | df = dmy-all}}

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Adanaspor and Adana Demirspor are the two Adana clubs that appear in the Turkish Professional Football League. After twelve years, Adanaspor returned to the Super Lig.{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=1269&ftxtID=24956 |title=Adanaspor, Spor Toto Süper Lig'de – TFF'den Mesajlar Detay Sayfası TFF |website=Tff.org |date=2016-04-24 |access-date=2016-05-28}}

Adana ASKİ is the major club for Women's Pro-Basketball, performing in the Turkish Women's Basketball League (TKBL). Adana ASKİ was founded as Ceyhan Belediyespor in 2000, and was renamed and moved to Adana in 2014. After the move, the club had its best season ever (2014–15), playing in the final of the Turkish Women's Cup and the semi-final of the TKBL First Division. Adana ASKİ also play their home games at Menderes Sports Hall. Adanaspor, relegated to the third tier of the Turkish Men's Basketball League in 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.karar.com/spor-haberleri/turkiye-1-basketbol-liginde-adanaspor-kume-dustu-85774 |title=Türkiye 1. Basketbol Ligi'nde Adanaspor küme düştü |website=Karar.com |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=2016-05-28}} play their home games at the Menderes Sports Hall. Wheelchair basketball clubs Adana Engelliler and Martı Engelliler play in the first division of the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball League, both playing their home games at the Serinevler Sports Hall.

Professional volleyball club Adana Toros was promoted to the top flight of the Turkish Men's Volleyball League on 12 April 2016 at the play-off finals in Bursa.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvf.org.tr/haberler/detay/114030/ |title=Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu |website=Tvf.org.tr |date=2016-05-24 |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421171056/http://www.tvf.org.tr/haberler/detay/114030/ |archive-date=21 April 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} Adana Toros play their home games at the Menderes Sports Hall.{{cite web |url=http://www.gazeteolay.com/spor/adana-byz-algomed-spor-iddiali-h35849.html |title=Adana Byz Algomed Spor İddiali |website=Gazeteolay.com |access-date=2016-01-19 |archive-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126145630/http://www.gazeteolay.com/spor/adana-byz-algomed-spor-iddiali-h35849.html |url-status=dead }} The city's handball club, Şakirpaşa HEM, was promoted to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League on 21 April 2016, at the play-off finals in Ankara.{{cite web |url=http://www.thf.gov.tr/haberler/tabid/192/Token/Info/ArticleID/2972/Default.aspx#.Vxojkk6pV9w.twitter |title=Adana Şakirpaşa HEM SK Süper Ligde – Haberler |website=Thf.gov.tr |date=2016-04-21 |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508081330/http://www.thf.gov.tr/haberler/tabid/192/Token/Info/ArticleID/2972/Default.aspx#.Vxojkk6pV9w.twitter |archive-date=8 May 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} The venue of Şakirpaşa is Yüreğir Serinevler Arena.{{cite web |url=http://www.thf.gov.tr/ligler/bayanlar-1.-lig |title=> LİGLER > Bayanlar 1. Lig |website=Thf.gov.tr |access-date=2016-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602024431/http://thf.gov.tr/ligler/bayanlar-1.-lig |archive-date=2 June 2016 |df=dmy-all}}

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Water sports are also popular in Adana. Adana Demirspor's water polo team is a legend in the community, joining the Turkish Water Polo League in 1942 after Turkey's first modern watersports venue, the Atatürk Swimming Complex, opened in Adana in 1936. The team has a record twenty-two years of straight championship titles in the Turkish Men's Water Polo League, seventeen years of it without losing a game, hence their nickname "The Unbeatables". Demirspor has a total of twenty-nine championship titles.{{cite web | url = http://www.adanademirspor.org.tr/tarihce.asp | title = Adana Demirspor Tarihçe (Turkish) | publisher = Adana Demirspor Club | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100114221026/http://www.adanademirspor.org.tr/tarihce.asp | archive-date = 14 January 2010 | df = dmy-all}}

Rowing became a popular local sport in the last twenty years. Rowing competitions are held all year long on the Seyhan River and the Seyhan Reservoir. The Metropolitan Rowing Club and Çukurova University SK compete at the national and international level. Sailing competitions{{cite web | url = http://adana-bld.gov.tr/adanabld.asp?Haber_Detay=siteID=2&DilID=1&KatID=10&sayfaID=875 | title = Adana'da Yelken Heyecanı (Turkish) | publisher = Adana Metropolitan Municipality | access-date = 10 September 2009 | archive-date = 4 May 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150504055342/http://adana-bld.gov.tr/adanabld.asp?Haber_Detay=siteID=2&DilID=1&KatID=10&sayfaID=875 | url-status = dead }} are also held at the Seyhan Reservoir all year round. The Adana Sailing Club competes at regattas in different categories. In swimming, Erdal Acet of Adana Demirspor is a prominent local figure, who broke the record for swimming the English Channel in nine hours and two minutes in 1976. Recreationally, the lack of swimming pools make the Seyhan River and the irrigation canals attractive for swimmers who want to cool off in the hot, humid summers. With almost one hundred people drowning every year, the Metropolitan Municipality has now opened forty-one swimming pools.{{cite web|url=http://www.haberler.com/buyuksehirano-den-7-yeni-havuz-3320255-haberi/|title=Büyükşehir'den 7 Yeni Havuz(Turkish)|publisher=Haberler.com|access-date=1 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203232112/http://www.haberler.com/buyuksehirano-den-7-yeni-havuz-3320255-haberi/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The Adana Half Marathon was inaugurated in 2011 on a national level with the participation of 223 athletes. In 2012, the marathon gained IAAF International Marathon status and hosted 610 athletes from ten nations.{{cite web| url = http://spor.haberler.com/adana-da-yagmura-ragmen-maraton-buyuk-ilgi-gordu-3249134-haberi/| title = Adana'da yağmura rağmen maraton büyük ilgi gördü.(Turkish)| date = 8 January 2012| publisher = Adana Büyükşehir Belediyesi| access-date = 11 January 2012| archive-date = 14 July 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183239/http://spor.haberler.com/adana-da-yagmura-ragmen-maraton-buyuk-ilgi-gordu-3249134-haberi/| url-status = dead}} The marathon takes place on the first Sunday after 5 January, Adana's Independence Day. The route follows Adana's historic streets and the streets along the Seyhan river.{{cite web | url = http://www.haberler.com/adana-uluslararasi-kurtulus-yari-maratonu-na-dogru-3237602-haberi/ | title = Adana Uluslararası Kurtuluş Yarı Maratonu'na Doğru(Turkish) | date = 4 January 2012 |publisher=Haberler.com}}

Adana has several daily newspapers, the most popular being the Yeni Adana, Ekspres, Toros, Bölge and 5 Ocak papers. The oldest newspaper, Yeni Adana (New Adana), dates back to 1918.{{cite web|url=http://www.yeniadana.net/web/hakkimizda.aspx?pgid%3D11 |title=:: Yeni Adana'yı Tanıyalım :: |access-date=30 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523010238/http://www.yeniadana.net/WEB/hakkimizda.aspx?pgid=11 |archive-date=23 May 2009}}

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Public, private and not-for-profit institutions are located in Adana. Primary and secondary education in the city is regulated by the provincial directorate of the national Ministry of Education which also administers the state schools.

There are 282 public and 12 private primary schools which pupils attend from grades 1 to 8. From grades 9 to 11, pupils go to one of the 85 public and 26 private high schools. Notable high schools of the city with entrance exams include the state-owned Adana Fen and Adana Anadolu High Schools, and the private Gündoğdu and Bilfen High Schools. The Adana Gundogdu Schools is the largest private school in Adana and expands every year. There are six public and six private schools for pupils with special needs. Nine Community Training Centres help adult residents improve their skills.{{cite web |url=http://adana.meb.gov.tr/istatistik/ilce_kurum_sayilari.asp |title=Schools in Adana |publisher=Adana Governorship Education Department |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004183414/http://adana.meb.gov.tr/istatistik/ilce_kurum_sayilari.asp |archive-date=4 October 2009 |df=dmy-all}}

The requirement to pass an entrance exam for admission to high schools and universities and for a career in the civil service led to the opening of more than one hundred crammer schools ({{langx|tr|dershane}}) in the city.{{cite web |title=Dershaneler Dosyası (Turkish) |url=http://www.atonet.org.tr/yeni/index.php?p=235&l=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072939/http://www.atonet.org.tr/yeni/index.php?p=235&l=1 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=Ankara Chamber of Commerce |df=dmy-all}}

The Ramazanoğlu Library was founded in 1923 by combining two smaller libraries. It moved to its current location in the Sabancı Cultural Centre in 1976 and was renamed the Adana Public Library.{{cite web |url=http://www.adanakutup.gov.tr/tarihce.html |title=Adana İl Halk Kütüphanesi Tarihçe (Turkish) |publisher=Adana İl Halk Kütüphanesi Müdürlüğü |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403202237/http://www.adanakutup.gov.tr/tarihce.html |archive-date=3 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}} It also has a branch in the Karacaoğlan Museum of Literature. Seyhan, Yüreğir, Sarıçam and Karaisalı also have public libraries administered by each district. Adana City Library specialises in publications about Adana and Çukurova's history and culture, and has a good collection of photography and films about the city. It is located in the Adana Centre for Arts and Culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.adanakentkutuphanesi.com/kutuphane_detay.asp?KtpKatId=1|title=Adana Kent Kütüphanesi Hakkında(Turkish)|publisher=Adana Kent Kütüphanesi|access-date=2 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171302/http://www.adanakentkutuphanesi.com/kutuphane_detay.asp?KtpKatId=1|archive-date=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}

The fifth Çukurova Book Fair took place in 2012, hosting 182,450 visitors from Çukurova and neighbouring regions. More than two hundred publishers and volunteer organisations had stands, more than 50 cultural events were performed and 300 authors were present to meet their readers. At the same time, the Çukurova Education Fair was organised at the Tüyap Exhibition Centre with the participation of 45 education institutions.{{cite web |url=http://www.turkyaybir.org.tr/haberler/cukurova-5-kitap-fuari-sona-erdi/270 |title=Çukurova 5.Kitap Fuarı sona erdi. (Turkish) |publisher=Turkish Publishers Association |access-date=8 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222003006/http://www.turkyaybir.org.tr/haberler/cukurova-5-kitap-fuari-sona-erdi/270 |archive-date=22 December 2012 |df=dmy-all}}

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Çukurova University is a state university located on the eastern shore of the Seyhan Reservoir. In 2008, it was ranked one of the top 500 universities in the world according to research conducted by Blackwell Publishing, Quacquarelli Symonds and The Times.{{cite web |url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2009062612263584|title=ISLAMIC STATES: Network to improve quality assurance |publisher=University World News |access-date=28 June 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stargazete.com/dunya/dunyanin-en-iyileri-arasinda-5-turk-universite-83851.htm|title=Dünyanın en iyileri arasında 5 Türk üniversite (Turkish) |publisher=Star Gazete |access-date=23 January 2008}} It was founded in 1973 following the merger of the colleges of Agriculture and Medicine. Its campus has many cultural, social and athletic facilities for its 40,000 students.{{cite web|url=http://www.haberfx.net/cude-ogrenci-kayitlarina-iftar-ayari-haberi-73938/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142341/http://www.haberfx.net/cude-ogrenci-kayitlarina-iftar-ayari-haberi-73938/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-23 |title=ÇÜ'de Öğrenci Kayıtları (Turkish) |publisher=Haber FX}}

Adana University for Science and Technology is a newer state university with nine faculties, two institutions and a college.{{cite web |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetayV3&CategoryID=86&ArticleID=1044752|title=Adana'ya bilim üniversitesi(Turkish)|work=Radikal |access-date=31 March 2011}}

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Part of Çukurova University, Balcalı Hospital is a research hospital that was founded in 1987 after the Faculty of Medicine moved to the main campus. It has 1050 inpatient beds in 47 service units, a 58-bed intensive care unit and a 17-bed emergency unit. The largest hospital in Southern and Southeastern Anatolia, it is also one of the biggest hospitals of Turkey.{{cite web| url = http://cukurovatip.cu.edu.tr/?page=26| title = Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi(Turkish)| publisher = Çukurova Üniversity| access-date = 2 January 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426085619/http://cukurovatip.cu.edu.tr/?page=26| archive-date = 26 April 2012| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}

A new health campus is expected to open in Yüreğir by 2014, which will include a 600-bed General Hospital, 200-bed Heart and Stroke Hospital, 250-bed maternity hospital, 100-bed oncology hospital, 150-bed Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre and 100-bed Psychiatry Hospital. The campus will have a capacity of 1400 inpatients and will be connected to the Hastaneler area via a bridge over the Seyhan river which will create one big campus.{{cite web| url = http://www.medikalplus.com/saglik/224-adanaya-400-milyon-turk-liralik-saglik-kampusu.html| title = Adana'ya 400 milyon TL'lik Sağlık Kampüsü yapılacak(Turkish)| publisher = Medikal Plus| access-date = 2 January 2012| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426085609/http://www.medikalplus.com/saglik/224-adanaya-400-milyon-turk-liralik-saglik-kampusu.html| archive-date = 26 April 2012| df = dmy-all}}

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Adana's closest airport is Çukurova International Airport, located 34 km (21 mi) from the city centre. It is the sixth busiest airport in Turkey. There are international flights to major cities of Germany, to Beirut, Jeddah, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Moscow and Nicosia (TRNC), and frequent domestic flights to Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Antalya, Trabzon, Bodrum and Van.{{cite web |url=http://www.dunyagazetesi.com.tr/pegasus-adana-merkezli-diyarbakir-ve-van-ucuslarina-basladi_104937_haber.html |title=Pegasus, Adana merkezli Diyarbakır ve Van uçuşlarına başladı(Turkish) |publisher=Dünya Gazetesi |access-date=3 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108113436/http://www.dunyagazetesi.com.tr/pegasus-adana-merkezli-diyarbakir-ve-van-ucuslarina-basladi_104937_haber.html |archive-date=8 November 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}

Turkish State Railways (TCDD) runs five long-distance lines connecting Adana to Ankara, Kayseri, Karaman, Konya and Elazığ. All these lines use the Central Railway Station while some also use the city's other railway stations—Şehitlik and Şakirpaşa stations to the west, Kiremithane, İncirlik and Yakapınar stations o the east. TCDD also runs three regional lines across Çukurova. The Adana-Mersin Line operates as a commuter train with 27 trains daily.{{cite web|url=http://www.haberler.com/adana-mersin-hizli-tren-seferleri-basliyor-haberi/|title=Adana -Mersin Hızlı Tren Seferleri Başlıyor (Turkish)|publisher=Anadolu Ajansı|access-date=19 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123110119/http://www.haberler.com/adana-mersin-hizli-tren-seferleri-basliyor-haberi|archive-date=23 November 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Services to Osmaniye–Islahiye{{cite web|url=http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/Upload/Files/ContentFiles/2010/bolgesel/islahiyeadana.htm|title=Islahiye-Adana Regional Train|publisher=Todd.gov.tr|access-date=2 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921042331/http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/Upload/Files/ContentFiles/2010/bolgesel/islahiyeadana.htm|archive-date=21 September 2014|df=dmy-all}} and to İskenderun run once a day. Regional trains stop at all city stations.

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Adana Metro is a rapid transit system that extends {{convert|14|km|0|abbr=off}} from the north-west to the city centre and Yüreğir.{{cite web | url = http://www.haberler.com/adana-hafif-rayli-tasima-sistemi-devreye-girdi-haberi/ | title = Adana Hafif Raylı Taşıma Sistemi Devreye Girdi. (Turkish)| date = 14 May 2010|publisher=Anadolu Ajansı| access-date=14 May 2010}} The Metro M1 line has thirteen stations and can transport 21,600 passengers an hour in each direction, a complete journey taking twenty minutes. A planned second line will run from Akıncılar to Çukurova University in the Sarıçam District. It will be {{convert|9.5|km|0|abbr=off}} long and will have seven stations..The Metro will eventually cover {{convert|23.5|km|1|abbr=off}} and serve 20 stations.{{Cite web |title=adana metrosu 2. etap - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=adana+metrosu+2.+etap#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:bb622681,vid:oe5HREFLSbc |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.google.com}}

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File:Adana Yeni Camii 2213.jpg|Adana Yeni Camii (New Mosque) – Side view

File:Adana Yeni Camii 844.jpg|Adana Yeni Camii (New Mosque) – Entrance to courtyard

File:Adana Yeni Camii 8573.jpg|Adana Yeni Camii (New Mosque) – Entrance to courtyard's backside

File:Adana Hasan Ağa mosque 3570.jpg|Adana Hasan Ağa mosque – Exterior

File:Adana Hasan Ağa mosque3636.jpg|Adana Hasan Ağa mosque – Courtyard

File:Adana Hasan Ağa mosque 3638.jpg|Adana Hasan Ağa mosque – Mihrab and minber

File:Adana Hasan Ağa mosque 5720.jpg|Adana Hasan Ağa mosque – Woodwork under balcony

File:Adana Hasan Ağa mosque3645.jpg|Adana Hasan Ağa mosque – Woodwork under balcony

File:Adana Tahtalı Cami 7586.jpg|Adana Tahtalı Cami – From west

File:Adana Tahtalı Cami 7588.jpg|Adana Tahtalı Cami – From east

File:Adana Tahtalı Cami 7589.jpg|Adana Tahtalı Cami – Interior

File:Adana Ağca Mescit 4990.jpg|Adana Ağca Mescit – Exterior

File:Adana Ağca Mescit 4995.jpg|Adana Ağca Mescit – Interior

File:Adana Ağca Mescit 4993.jpg|Adana Ağca Mescit – Decorative stonework

File:Adana Yesil Mescit 4989.jpg|Adana Yesil Mescit – Exterior

File:Adana Yesil Mescit 4988.jpg|Adana Yesil Mescit – Window decoration

File:Adana Alidede Mosque 1625.jpg|Adana Alidede Mosque – Exterior

File:Adana Alidede Mosque 3591.jpg|Adana Alidede Mosque – Interior

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• List of people from Adana
• List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey
• List of mayors of Adana
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• {{Cite book|title = The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period |isbn=951-45-9050-3|first1=Simo|last1= Parpola|author-link1=Simo Parpola |first2= Michael|last2= Porter|author-link2=Michael Porter|publisher=Gazetteer|location=Helsinki, Finland|year=2001}}
• {{Cite book|title = The Turks Today|isbn=1-58567-756-6|first=Andrew |last=Mango|author-link=Andrew Mango|publisher=The Overlook Press|location=New York City|year=2004}}
• {{Cite book|title = Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World |isbn=0-691-03169-X |first=Richard |last=Talbert|author-link=Richard Talbert|publisher=The Overlook Press|location=New York City|year=2004}}
• {{Cite book|title = Ատանայի Հայոց Պատմութիւն |trans-title=The History of the Armenians of Adana|first=Puzant |last=Yeghiayan |location= Beirut |publisher=Union of Armenian Compatriots of Adana|year=1970|language=hy}}

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• [http://adana.gov.tr/ Governorship of Adana]
• [http://adana.bel.tr Adana Metropolitan Municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730130907/http://www.adana.bel.tr/ |date=30 July 2011 }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080827192954/http://www.adana-to.org.tr/ Adana Trade and Industry Chamber]

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