This is one of the few still-existing cities in the world which was founded by, and indeed gets its name from '''Alexander the Great''' (who is known as ''Büyük Iskender'' in Turkish), with Alexandria in Egypt being the other notable example. Iskenderun today has a population of about 300,000 people and is an industrialized city, surrounded by petrochemical plants and steelworks, although the city centre is still enjoyable with its lovely palm-lined promenade on the shore of the sea. http://wikitravel.org/en/Iskenderun