The Republic of Adana was founded on April 20, 1938 by Ismail Durak. Durak was among the most famous leaders in the rebellion against the Adanusian Sultanate, which is now part of the republic. A nine month war was fought, resulting in rebel victory, and the Adanese republic became official. In 1949, Germanic peoples of eastern Adana attempted to overthrow the republic, resulting in the Adanese Civil War. This raged on until February 1954, when the Treaty of Fethiye ended the war in a draw, granting eastern lands independence. From this time, Adana was involved in a cold war with the east, lasting until 2008, when the eastern government dissolved and returned to the west. Since then the reunified nation has kept on a quite prosperous track, and looks to be holding onto the upward path for