Huidige Tijd in Konya, Turkije — TRT.

Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. In the late medieval period, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks' Sultanate of Rum, from where the sultans ruled over Anatolia.

Distance-wise, Konya is closest to Dubai (~2,567 km), London (~2,955 km), Singapore (~8,285 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,576 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

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

Around Konya, the nearest mapped reference cities are Çumra (42 km), Kadınhanı (47 km), Ilgın (67 km), Beyşehir (70 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for TRT planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Konya: 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 Konya: NAV Nevşehir (205 km), COV Tarsus (253 km), ESB Ankara (255 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.