İncirlik

İncirlik (Turkish pronunciation: [indʒiɾˈlik]) is a town in the Sarıçam district of Adana Province with a population of 11,555. Formerly a municipality, it was incorporated into Sarıçam Municipality in 2008. İncirlik is located approximately 10 km east of Adana. İncirlik is made up of 3 neighborhoods; Hürriyet, Kemalpaşa and Yeni Mahalle. The major institution in İncirlik is NATO's Incirlik Air Base from which American aircraft patrolled Iraq's northern No-Fly Zone between the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.