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Antakya (Turkish pronunciation: [ɑnˈtɑkjɑ]), [a] modern form of Antioch, [b] is a municipality and the capital district of Hatay Province, Turkey. [3] Its area is 703 km 2 (271 sq mi). [4] Prior to the devastating 2023 earthquakes, its population was recorded at 399,045 (2022). [1] It is in the Hatay Province, which is the southernmost ...
Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) and in Roman Empire, Latin: Antiochia Caesareia or Antiochia Colonia Caesarea – was a city in the Turkish Lakes Region, which was at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Aegean and Central Anatolian regions, and formerly on the border of Pisidia and Phrygia ...
Antioch on the Orontes (/ ˈ æ n t i. ɒ k /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized: Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) [note 1] was a Hellenistic Greek city [1] [2] founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. [3]
The Church of Antioch (Arabic: كنيسة أنطاكية, romanized: kánīsa ʾanṭākiya, pronounced [ka.niː.sa ʔan.tˤaː.ki.ja]; Turkish: Antakya Kilisesi) was the first of the five major churches of what later became the pentarchy in Christianity, with its primary seat in the ancient Greek city of Antioch (present-day Antakya, Turkey).
Antioch on the Maeander or Antiochia on the Maeander (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τοῦ Μαιάνδρου; Latin: Antiochia ad Maeandrum), earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. The city was situated between the Maeander and Orsinus rivers near their confluence.
The Antioch Greek Orthodox Church brought Christians together in Turkey's Antakya for centuries until last year, when an earthquake killed dozens of them and sent hundreds more fleeing. "Our ...
Ruins of the city remain, and include fortifications, baths, chapels, the Roman necropolis, a wine press, and the largest Roman mosaic found in Turkey. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, latrine mosaics with dirty jokes about Narcissus and Ganymede were discovered in Antiochia ad Cragum, [4] and in 2019, a large pool mosaic was discovered near the city. [5]
Lake Amik or the Lake of Antioch (Arabic: بحيرة العمق; Turkish: Amik Gölü) was a large freshwater lake in the basin of the Orontes River in Hatay Province, Turkey. It was located north-east of the ancient city of Antioch (modern Antakya). The lake was drained between the 1940s–1970s.