Samsun Province
Samsun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693. Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast on the east. Its traffic code is 55.
The provincial capital is Samsun, one of the most populated cities in Turkey.Geography
Lakes
, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lakeRivers
Kızılırmak,Yeşilırmak, Terme river, Aptal Suyu, Mert Irmağı, Kürtün SuyuDistricts
Samsun province is divided into 17 districts, four of which are included in the municipality of Samsun city.
- İlkadım
- Canik
- Atakum
- Tekkeköy
- Alaçam
- Asarcık
- Ayvacık
- Bafra
- Çarşamba
- Havza
- Kavak
- Ladik
- Ondokuzmayıs
- Salıpazarı
- Terme
- Vezirköprü
- Yakakent
History
Surgical instruments are manufactured in the province today and were 4000 years ago. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, started the Turkish War of Independence here on May 19, 1919.
