Samsun Province ( tr, Samsun ili) is a

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on the

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coast with a population of 1,252,693 (2010). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west,

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on the south,

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on the southeast on the east. Its traffic code is 55. The provincial capital is Samsun, one of the most populated cities in

History

Surgical instruments are manufactured in the province today and were 4000 years ago. The founder of the

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

, started the

Turkish War of Independence The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...

here on May 19, 1919.

Geography

Lakes

Ladik Lake, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lake.

Rivers

Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak, Terme river, Aptal Suyu, Mert Irmağı, Kürtün Suyu.

Forest

There are also small areas of bottomland forest.

Districts

Samsun_Arkeoloji_ve_Etnografya_Müzesi_(1975_binası)

Samsun province is divided into 17

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, four of which are included in the municipality of Samsun city (shown in boldface letters). * İlkadım *

Canik Canik is one of the main municipalities in Samsun, Turkey, located at the east of the city center. The municipality had 89,753 inhabitants as of the 2009 census. Canik means land of Tzan/Can Laz people and became one of the four town municipaliti ...

Atakum Atakum is a central district in Samsun, Turkey. Its population was 210,082 as of 2020. Atakum is a largely middle class suburban district located to the west of the primary city of Samsun and further suburban Ondokuzmayıs. The city's population e ...

Tekkeköy Tekkeköy is a district of Samsun Province in Turkey located on the western side of the Çarşamba Plain. The Mayor of Tekkeköy Municipality is Hasan Togar. Agriculture and animal breeding are the main sources of income. Black Sea Copper Wor ...

Alaçam Alaçam is a central town of Alaçam district of Samsun Province of Turkey. Scholars believe that Alaçam is the site of the ancient city of Zaliche or Zaliches. History Alaçam County has a long history. It has been held by Phrygian, Cimmeria ...

Asarcık Asarcık is a district of Samsun Province of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western As ...

* Ayvacık *

Bafra Bafra is a district of Samsun Province of Turkey. It is a settlement located from the Black Sea, in the fertile delta of the Kızılırmak River. The Bafra Plain is famous in Turkey for its rich soil and high quality tobacco growing conditions ...

* Çarşamba *

Havza Havza is a district of Samsun Province Samsun Province ( tr, Samsun ili) is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693 (2010). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the ...

* Kavak * Ladik * Ondokuzmayıs * Salıpazarı *

Terme Terme (formerly spelled ''Termeh''; Ancient Greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is the seat of Terme District, Samsun Province, Turkey. Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain. Te ...

Vezirköprü Vezirköprü is a district of Samsun Province of Turkey. It is named after the Ottoman Albanian grand vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha. History At the breakup of Alexander the Great's empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the kingdom of ...

* Yakakent

References

External links

Samsun governor's official website

Samsun municipality's official website

Pictures of the capital of Samsun province

Oymaağaç archaeology
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