The Hassa district of Gaziantep , Dörtyol district of Adana and Erzin were then incorporated into Hatay . As a result of the annexation , a number of demographic changes occurred in Hatay . During the six months following the annexation , inhabitants over the age of 18 were given the right to choose between staying and becoming Turkish citizens , or emigrate to and acquire citizenship in the French Mandate of Syria or Greater Lebanon . If choosing emigration , they were given 18 months to bring in their movable assets and establish themselves in their new states . Almost half of the Sunni Arabs left . Many Armenians also left and 1,068 Armenian families were relocated from the six Armenian villages of Musa Dagh to Beqaa Valley in Lebanon . Many of the Armenians had been prior victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by Ottoman Empire that had fled for their lives to the French Mandate of Syria . The total number of people who left for Syria is estimated at 50,000 including 22,000 Armenians , 10,000 Alawites , 10,000 Sunni Arabs and 5,000 Arab Christians
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Hatay Province