Home page URL for a new site collection

Sorry for the kind of stupid question. I created a new site collection with Site Management menus. The home page has the URL like http://devtfs12/sites/corporate/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/ I expected that it should look like http://sharepoint.firm.lan/sites/corporate/SitePages/Home.aspx
e.g without "_layouts/15/start.aspx#" is there a way to change it? Is it possible to set up some sort of redirection so that http://sharepoint.firm.lan redirects to http://devtfs12/sites/corporate/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/ Thanks!

Hi,
You are noticing the URL with _layouts/15/start.aspx because the new feature Minimal Download Strategy is activated on your site.
To know more on how it works you can refer the below links
http://www.wictorwilen.se/sharepoint-2013---introduction-to-the-minimal-download-strategy-mds
http://www.hezser.de/blog/archive/2012/08/18/what-is-the-_layouts15start-aspx-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx
If you don't want _layouts/15/start.aspx to be a part of your URL you need to deactivate Minimal Download Strategy feature available under Site Actions -> Manager Site Features
Note :Minimal Download Strategy is a new framework which is been written to increase the performance of the SharePoint site.
Also, with SharePoint 2013, you can have Managed Metadata Navigation option. For more information ,
https://support.office.com/en-nz/article/Enable-managed-navigation-for-a-site-in-SharePoint-49a067dc-77d2-455d-9e77-250ec7cc0a6d
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Avni Bhatt
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