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Samsun

Administration

Country

Turkey

Mayor

Yusuf Ziya Ylmaz, AKP
( 2009 )

District

Samsun

Prefect (vali)

Hasan Basri Gzelolu

Province

Samsun (55)

Region

Black Sea Region
(Karadeniz Blgesi)

Geography

Contact

41 17 '00 "North
36 20 '00 "East / 41.283333, 36.333333

Demography

Population

1,228,959 inhab.

Location

Samsun

Internet

City website

http://www.samsun.bel.tr

Website of the Province

http://www.samsun.gov.tr

Sources

World Gazetteer

Index Mundi / Turkey

Samsun is a city of Turkey and the prefecture of the province of the same name ^History

Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire.

People have always been attracted by the combination of fertile ground and shallow waters for a port, Samsun has a long history. According to ancient myths, Samsun was the land of the Amazons , to the ^twelfth century BC. AD. The geographer (64 BC-23 AD) Strabo describes the Amazons as a nation of warrior women. To easily take the arrows, they would cut one of their breasts. The word "Amazon", derived from ancient Greek, means "without breast."

Greek colonists, from Miletus, installed in the ^sixth century BC. AD established a flourishing trade with people from within the Asia Minor. The name of the town was "Amisos", which derives the current name.

^In the third century BC. AD, Samsun came under the domination of the Kingdom of Pontus , a part of Alexander's empire , which at its height, control of northern Anatolia and parts of Central Anatolia , and Cities of Commerce, on the northern shores of the Black Sea.

In 47 BC the city was taken by the Romans , then by the Byzantines , then by the Seljuks (circa 1200), and by the Mongols Ilhanid. The city later became part of a principality Turkish. Samsun is incorporated into the network of trading posts Genoese. It is taken by the Ottomans in the first part of the fifteenth ^century.

Under the rule Ottoman , the city produces mainly tobacco. The city is connected to the system of railways in the second half of the nineteenth ^century. Its port is slowly degraded, and the city s'ensommeille.

Yet, May 19, 1919, a man puts foot down, which will create the Turkish state , change the society , and even change the language: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk .

Because he chose the losing side of World War I , the Ottoman Empire is in ruins. The victorious powers, the agreement , occupy Istanbul. The agreement to divide the Empire , but also the Anatolia. The Greeks have visions of a new Hellenic Empire. The French have the Hatay and Syria and would like some South-East of Anatolia. The Italians occupy part of southern Anatolia (Mediterranean region). The British have the Saudi Arabia , the Palestine , the Lebanon , the Jordan and Iraq.

May 15 forces Greeks occupied Smyrna ( Izmir ). A few days later, the Italians landed in Antalya , and take a piece of their promised share of Anatolia.

The interior of Anatolia is beyond control.

Mustafa Kemal and his team left Istanbul aboard an old steamer for Samsun, on the evening of May 16, 1919. The Turkish War of Independence began in Samsun 19 May 1919 , and ends with the victory of the Turks on October 29, 1923.

Climate

Samsun has the characteristic of the Black Sea, summers are hot and humid, the average maximum temperature is about 27 C and the minimum temperature is the lowest average of about 3 C. The water temperature is always fresh, ranging between 8 C and 20 C throughout the year.

Interests

Parks Recreation Forest Little Wood akrlar of amgl and Vezirkpr,

Spas of Havza and Ladik,

Mosques Kale, Pazar, of Hac Hatun, Yali, of Tayyar Pasha, Mustafa Pasha, Rdvan Bey, Abdullah Pasha, Deirmenba of Taceddin Pasha, Pazar (Terme) of Takale, Byk Cami ( Great Mosque) (Samsun), Mosques and Mausoleums of eyh Seyyid Kudbeddin and Isa Baba, "medrese" (former religious school) of Great Mosque (Bafra) and Fazil Ahmed Pasha

Fazl Ahmed Pasha Bazaar, Imaret (hospice) of Havza,

Spas Kzgz Aslanaz of Kkhamam (Spas for treatment)

Takale bathhouses and Sifa

iftehamam monuments, Atatrk and Ilk Adim,

Museum of Archaeology, Ethnography, 19 Mayis (May 19).

Demographics

In 1927, Turkey's population was 13,648,270, among the 63 provinces in terms of population size, Samsun was ranked the ^17th largest province in the country with its population of 268,868. Samsun is about 1.2% of the Turkish population. Of these 9.083 km ² in 1927 he Y'avait about 28 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2007 the numbers have changed to 135. In 2000 we find that 17.3% of the inhabitants of Samsun are born in other provinces, including this 3.2% is composed of people born in the province of Ordu.

15 ^th largest city in Turkey by population .
1,228,959 inhabitants (2007 estimate)

Demographic Trends
1927	1990	1997	2000	2007
268.868	1.161.207	1.153.763	1.209.137	1.228.959
Count starting from 1927 : By TC

Economy

Samsun is an important commercial center and largest Turkish port on the Black Sea coast.

The region of Samsun is one of the major producers of tobacco in Turkey.

Education

The University of Samsun (19 Mayis niversitesi) is one of the top seven universities in Turkey. In addition, the city colleges, high schools, elementary schools and public libraries.

Figures

1084 primary schools with 13,649 teachers and 256,827 students.

58 general high schools, equipped with a total of 1018 classroom level, for 1980 teachers and 33,350 students.

50 vocational schools, equipped with a total of 806 classrooms for 1,578 teachers and 21,734 students.

7 private schools are also operating in the province, with over 70 classrooms.

Sport

The most popular sport in Samsun is by far the football. The local club Samsunspor , founded in 1965, won the Balkans Cup clubs. The meetings are competing at the stage of Samsun 19 Mayis Stadium with a capacity of 13,500 seats. He currently plays in the Bank Asya 1. Lig (D2).

The basketball is ^the 2nd most popular sport. The club basketball Samsun, founded in the 1970s, was the first club basketball all over Anatolia.

Among the greatest wrestlers of Turkey, Mustafa Yasar Dogu and Dastanl are from this city.

Media

Press Samsun is represented by several newspapers. Ekip Gazetesi, Haber Gazetesi, Halk Gazetesi are representative of the city daily. AKS TV Alfa TV, Kanal 55, Bafra TV, Kanal S, Klas TV, television stations are owned by the city.