title: Altınözü
text: Altınözü (, el-Kusayr) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 392 km2, and its population is 60,344 (2022). It is in the south-east of Hatay Province, on the border between Turkey and Syria. The mayor is Rıfat Sarı (AKP).
  
  History
  The region which was known as al-Quṣayr, was part of the Principality of Antioch during the Crusader era. In 1180, patriarch Aimery of Limoges fled to the region, after he had excommunicated Bohemond III in Antioch. The latter besieged the region, but nobleman Rainald II Masoir supported the patriarch, until King Baldwin IV sent a delegation to settle the dispute.
  
  Altınözü was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes in February 2023 and subsequent aftershocks.
  
  Geography
  Altınözü stands on the fertile Kuseyr plateau, and several crops such as olives (the largest olive growing area is in this part of Turkey), tobacco, grains and other crops are grown here. The district gets its water from the Yarseli reservoir.
  
  Composition
  There are 48 neighbourhoods in Altınözü District:
  
   Akamber
   Akdarı
   Alakent
   Altınkaya
   Atayurdu
   Avuttepe
   Babatorun
   Boynuyoğun
   Büyükburç
   Çetenli
   Dokuzdal
   Enek
   Erbaşı
   Fatikli
   Gözecik
   Günvuran
   Hacıpaşa
   Hanyolu
   Kamberli
   Kansu
   Karbeyaz
   Karsu
   Kazancık
   Keskincik
   Kılıçtutan
   Kıyıgören
   Kolcular
   Kozkalesi
   Kurtmezraası
   Mayadalı
   Oymaklı
   Sarıbük
   Sarılar
   Seferli
   Sivrikavak
   Sofular
   Tepehan
   Tokaçlı
   Tokdemir
   Toprakhisar
   Türkmenmezraası
   Yanıkpınar
   Yarseli
   Yenihisar
   Yenişehir
   Yolağzı
   Yunushanı
   Ziyaret
  
  Demographics
  The district has a population of 60,344 (2022). There is also a refugee camp called the Altinozu Camp that houses 1,350 Syrian Sunnis who have fled the Syrian civil war. The population of the district is mostly Muslim with an Antiochian Greek Orthodox (also known as Rûm Orthodox) Christian community encompassing two churches in the capital of the district and the entirely Christian village of Tokaçlı.
  
  Notes
  
  References
  
  Sources
  
  External links
    local information, follow galeri for photos
  
   
  Populated places in Hatay Province
  Districts of Hatay Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey