Huidige Tijd in Antakya, Turkije — TRT.

Antakya, Turkish form of Antioch, is a municipality and the capital district of Hatay Province, Turkey, with an area of 703 km2 (271 sq mi) and a population of around 400,000 people as of 2022. It is in the Hatay Province, which is the southernmost region of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes River, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Levantine Sea.

Distance-wise, Antakya is closest to Dubai (~2,192 km), London (~3,321 km), Singapore (~7,929 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,211 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Antakya sits inside Turkije — the Western Asia subregion, capital Ankara, languages Turkish, currency TRY (₺).

Around Antakya, the nearest mapped reference cities are Hıdırbey (3 km), Narlıca (6 km), Serinyol (18 km), Samandağ (22 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for TRT planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Antakya: Labour Day, Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day, Democracy and National Unity Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Turkije.

Closest curated airport references from Antakya: ADA Seyhan (116 km), COV Tarsus (123 km), GZT Gaziantep (144 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.