 SITES OF INTEREST: Soğukoluk and Yayladağı forest recreation areas Arsuz beaches, Alalah (Tel Açana), Tel Tayinat, Çatalhöyük (Kanula), Harbiye (Dophne), İssos, El-Mina, Arsuz (Rhossos or Rosus), Seleukeia Pieria settlements and city, Antakya (Antiokheia) city walls, Traianus Sukemeri, Heronion, Koz (Kürşat), Payas, Bakras, Sarıseki, Şalen and Darb-ı Sak (Bayezıd-i Bistami) castles, St. Petrus Grotto, Cin (genie) Tower, Girls' Palace (Kasr El-Benet), Sokullu Mehmed Pasha complex, Habib Neccar Mosque, Sokullu complex, Hatay Archeology Museum.
AREA: 5.403 km² POPULATION: 1.109.754 (1990) TRAFFIC CODE: 31 DISTRICTS: Hatay (center), Altınözü, Belen, Dörtyol, Erzin, Hassa, İskenderun, Kırıkhan, Kumlu, Reyhanlı, Samandağı, Yayladağı. Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (326) 214 92 17
Fax: (326) 213 33 86
 Cultural Centers
An Exhibition hall with 418 seating capacity for theatre, conferences, etc.
Library
Contact Address: Şehit Mustafa Sevgi Cad. No:8/A -
Antakya
Tel: (326) 216 06 52
Museum
Hatay Museum
Address: Gündüz Cad. No:1 Hatay
Tel: (326) 214 61 68
Fax: (326) 213 33 86
Historical Sites and Ruins
St. Pierre Church - Antakya /
Kuruyer
Aççana Ruins - Reyhanlı
(Merruş) / Varışlı K.
Çevlik Ruins - Samandağ /
Kapısuyu Village
Significant Days
Local Days of Celebration:
Saint Pierre Rites
Antakya St. Pierre Church (For Catholics)
29 June
Commomeration Day for Çanakkale Martyrs
Antakya
18 March
Commemoration Day for Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Antakya
27 December
Commemoration Day for Yunus Emre
Antakya
5 April
Commemoration Day for Mevlana
Antakya
17 December
 29 October Holiday of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Bayramı)
Antakya
28-29 October
Freedom from Occupation Days:
Freedom Day - Erzin (Yeşilkent)
Erzin (Yeşilkent)
8 Ocak
Freedom Day - Dörtyol
Dörtyol
9 Ocak
Arrival of the Turkish Soldiers at İskenderun
İskenderun
5 July
Arrival of the Turkish Soldiers at Kırıkhan
Kırıkhan
6 July
Arrival of the Turkish Soldiers at Reyhanlı
Reyhanlı
8 July
 Freedom Day - Hatay
Antakya
23 July
Freedom Day - Hassa
Hassa
15 November
Festivals:
Antakya International Tourism, Culture and Art Festival Antakya
21-23 July
International İskenderun Culture Festival
İskenderun
5-9 July
Kırıkhan Municipality Melon Festival
Kırıkhan
15-16 July
Hıdrellez Culture Festivities
Antakya
5 May
Significant Weeks:
Commemoration Week for Atatürk
Antakya
10 November
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