İlkadım is the central borough of the city of
Samsun,
Turkey. Samsun is one of the 30
metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders.
Geography
İlkadım is within the city of Samsun at . It includes the port of the Samsun and the name İlkadım refers to
Atatürk's arrival in Samsun (via sea) in order to start the
Turkish War of Independence on 19 May 1919. (''İlkadım'' means first step).The population of İlkadım is 307,746 as of 2009
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/ref> It constitutes % 59 of the population of Greater Samsun which is 519,611 .
History
The excavations carried on the höyük of Dündartepe revealed a settlement of Chalcolithic age. During early Hellenistic age there was a colony named Amisos (in Greek Αμισός) founded by the colonialists from Miletus
Miletus (; gr, Μῑ́λητος, Mī́lētos; Hittite transcription ''Millawanda'' or ''Milawata'' (exonyms); la, Mīlētus; tr, Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in a ...
. It was captured by Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
of Roman Empire in 43 BC . After 1071, it was captured by Danishmends and Seljuks. In 1413 was incorporated into Ottoman Empire by Mehmet I
Mehmed I ( 1386 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi ( ota, چلبی محمد, "the noble-born") or Kirişçi ( el, Κυριτζής, Kyritzis, "lord's son"), was the Ottoman sultan from 1413 to 1421. The fourth son of Sultan Bayezid ...
.The mayor's page
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İlkadım is actually a part of the city of Greater Samsun. In 1994 it was declared a municipality within the city borders of greater Samsun and the corresponding district governorate is established in 2008.
Rural area
There are 11 villages in the rural area of İlkadım. The total population of the district is (urban and rural) 315,089
Government and Politics
The mayor is Necattin Demirtaş ( İyi Party).
See also
* Statue of Honor, the landmark of Samsun
References
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