Reyhanlı is a town and district of Hatay Province, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, near the country's border with Syria.

Formerly known as "İrtah" and "Reyhaniye", Reyhanlı has been settled by Turks since the 16th century and in particular with Turkish "muhair" (refugees) from the Caucasus and Cyprus in the 19th century.

The district today has a rich ethnic mix of Arabs, Caucasians, and Turks. Reyhanlı has a larger community of Sunni Arabs than most of Hatay, where the Arab population are mostly Alawite.

The climate is typical of the Mediterranean region, and Reyhanlı is an agricultural district watered from Reyhanlı reservoir, growing cotton, wheat and other grains and raising cattle, sheep and goats.

The town lies on the main road between İskenderun and Aleppo. The border crossing point at Cilvegözü, 5 km south east of the town, is the busiest land border post between Turkey and Syria.

Emine Ülker Tarhan (born 29 November 1963) is a Turkish jurist and politician with the Republican People's Party (CHP). She was formerly a judge at the High Court of Appeals. Currently, she serves as the vice spokesperson of her party in the parliament.

Emine Ülker Tarhan was born in Tarsus, Mersin. She was educated in Ankara University, Law School. After working as a free-lance lawyer, she became a public defender. She served as a judge at the High Court of Appeals.

Emine Ülker Tarhan was a founding member of the Judges' and Prosecutors' Association (YARSAV). She served as its secretary general and chairperson.

She joıned the Republican People's Party (CHP), and entered the Turkish Grand National Assembly as deputy from Ankara after the general elections on June 12, 2011.

Emine Ülker Tarhan is married and has two children.

Abdullah Gül (Turkish: [abduɫˈɫɑh ˈɟyl]; born 29 October 1950) is the 11th and current President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002-03, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-07.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's nomination of Gül as a presidential candidate drew strong and highly vocal opposition from ardent supporters of secularism in Turkey. In May 2007, Gül's first bid for presidency was blocked by the Constitutional Court, due to concern over views Gül expressed during his Welfare Party years, and the fact that his wife, Hayrünnisa, wears a headscarf. However, following the parliamentary elections in July of the same year, which were won by the Justice and Development Party with 46.6% of the popular vote, he was eventually elected President on 28 August 2007 and was sworn in the same day, becoming the first openly devout Muslim President in the modern history of Turkey.

President Gül was born in Kayseri, a city in central Anatolia. His father is Ahmed Hamdi Gül, a retired air force mechanic, and his mother is Adviye Gül (née Satoğlu). His family has lived in the Güllük district of Kayseri for about a century. His ancestry/ethnicity according to a Çankaya Presidential Residence statement is "Turkish Muslim." Gül was also called with the name Cumhur (which means 'people') by his family.