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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = neighbourhood
| province             = Hatay
| district             = [[Hassa, Hatay|Hassa]]
| name                 = Akbez
| population_total     = 10228
| population_as_of     = 2022
| coordinates          = {{coord|36|51|N|36|31|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m          = 614
| postal_code          = 31700
| area_code            = 0326
}}
'''Akbez''' is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of [[Hassa, Hatay|Hassa]], [[Hatay Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref> Its population is 10,228 (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> Before the [[2013 Turkish local government reorganisation|2013 reorganisation]], it was a town (''[[belde]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law No. 6360|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm |date=6 December 2012 |work=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey|Official Gazette]]|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2010/09/20100912-1-1.doc |date=12 September 2010|work=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey|Official Gazette]]|language=tr|format=DOC}}</ref>
== Geography ==
Akbez is situated at the extreme north of the province where the road from [[Kilis Province]] intersects the main highway running from north to south. It is {{convert|7|km}} from Hassa.
== History ==
Akbez township was established in 1972 by merging the two villages of Salmanuşağı and Nuhuşağı. During the early years of the Turkish Republic these villages were in the Province of Cebeli Bereket. After this province was abolished in 1933, the villages were made a part of [[Gaziantep Province]]. But after the [[Hatay State|Hatay Republic]] was merged into Turkey in 1939, the villages as well as the rest of Hassa were made a part of Hatay Province.
==Demographics==
During German traveler [[Martin Hartmann]]'s visit, the Ottoman [[nahiyah]] of Ekbez had 8 villages with 6 being Turkish (132 houses), 1 being Turkish majority and Armenian minority (30 houses), and 1 being Armenian and Turkish plurality (50 houses).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hartmann |first1=Martin |title=Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket |date=1894 |publisher=W. Pormetter |location=Berlin |pages=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFRKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
== Economy ==
The main agricultural products are grapes, cotton, soybean and olive. There are two olive oil press facilities in the town.
==References==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hassa District]]