İstiklal, Seyhan

İstiklal is a historical neighbourhood (mahalle) in the Seyhan district of Adana Province, and has a of population is 6,137 (2022). The neighbourhood is at the west end of the old town of Adana, situated south of the D400 state road and east of the Adana Metro line.

İstiklal is the former Greek neighborhood of Adana, that developed around the first railway station that had opened in 1886 and led to the expansion of the city to the west. Textile businessmen, mostly of Greek ethnicity, moved to the city, opened textile factories and built houses in the neighborhood. Manufacturing plants of Istiklal were the first large production facilities of Cilicia.