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Discover Aktas in Turkey

Aktas in the region of Hatay is a town located in Turkey - some 310 mi or ( 499 km ) South-East of Ankara , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Aktas

Local time in Aktas is now 08:26 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Aleppo, Damascus, At Tulul, Latakia, and Tyre. When in this area, you might want to check out Aleppo . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Aktas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Türkei - Rundreise 2 - Antakya

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PMMedia1: Musik by Dreamweaver - Markus Pitzer www.dreamweaver.at Die Stadt Antakya wurde in der Antike Antiochia genannt und wegen ihrer Schönheit "Königin des Orients" genannt. Vieles hat sich im he ..

Beautiful Turkey 4

2:18 min by ammar ali
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Istanbul Topkapi Saray the garden ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Hatay Airport

Hatay Airport (Turkish: Hatay Havalimanı) is an international airport in Hatay, Turkey serving the cities Antakya and Iskenderun. Inaugurated in December 2007, it is 19 km far from the city.

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Located at 36.36 36.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Airports in Turkey, Architecture in Turkey, Buildings and structures in Hatay Province

Afrin River

The Afrin River is a tributary of the Orontes River in Turkey and Syria. It rises in the Kartal Mountains in Gaziantep Province, Turkey, flows south through the city of Afrin in Syria, then reenters Turkey. It joins the Karasu at the site of the former Lake Amik, and its waters now flow to the Orontes by a canal. The total length of the river is 139 km, of which 55 km is in Syria. 30px This Syria location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte

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Located at 36.32 36.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Aleppo Governorate, Rivers of Syria, Rivers of Turkey

Lake Amik

Lake Amik or the Lake of Antioch 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. The lake was drained during a period from the 1940s-1970s.

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Located at 36.30 36.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Turkey, Former lakes, Lakes of Turkey, Lakes of the Great Rift Valley

Bagras

Bagras or Baghras is the name of a town and nearby castle in İskenderun district of present-day Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains. The castle, properly known as Gastun (or Gaston, Guascon, Gastim) provided a base for a force to cover the Syrian Gates, the passes between İskenderun and Antioch. It was built in two levels around a knoll, the fortification resembling Armenian work, and with water supplied by aqueducts.

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Located at 36.40 36.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Antakya, Buildings and structures in Hatay Province, Castles in Turkey, Crusader castles, History of Armenia, Knights Templar, Towns in Turkey, İskenderun

Tell Tayinat

Tell Ta'yinat is a low-lying ancient occupation mound on the east bank at the bend of the ancient Orontes river, in the Hatay province of present southeastern Turkey about 25 kilometers south east of Antakya. The site lies some 800 meters from Tell Atchana, the site of the ancient city of Alalakh. It is a possible site of the city of Calneh mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures.

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Located at 36.25 36.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Turkey, Buildings and structures in Hatay Province, Former populated places in Turkey, History of Hatay Province, Syro-Hittite states

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