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SAMSUN
AREA: 9.579 km²
POPULATION: 1.158.400 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 55
DISTRICTS: Samsun (center), Alaçam, Asarcık, Ayvacık, Bafra, Çarşamba, Havza, Kavak, Lâdik, 19 May, Salıpazarı, Tekkeköy, Terme, Vezirköprü, Yakakent.
Samsun is the largest city on the Black Sea coast and it is a major commercial port and an industrial city. It is an ancient city which has been totally modernized and has all the traits of a commercial port. The city, with the name Amissos in ancient times, is the port where products of the whole region are exported and it hosts the annual Samsun Trade and Industry Fair.
Samsun was important during the Turkish Independence War as the spot where Ataturk landed on May 19, 1919 to organize the defense of the country.
The extraordinary equestrian statue of Ataturk at the city park stands as a memorial of that day. At the Ataturk Museum, there are many memorial objects from the Turkish War of Independence. In the other museum of the city, the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, there are many finds from the environs and ancient Samsun (Amissos), especially of importance are the artifacts and jewelry. At Ikiztepe, there was an significant excavation, and an archaeological site from the Early Bronze Age was found. It is important since it displays the history of the Black Sea Region.
Bafra, a little town to the west of Samsun is famous for its tobacco, caviar and thermal springs. You can see a 13th century Turkish Bath (Hamam), a mosque-mausoleum-medresse complex from the 15th century, the Paphlagorian Rock Tombs and the ruins of Asar Fortress.
Lake Simenik at Terme is a birds' paradise.
SITES OF INTEREST: Çakırlar Grove, Çamgöl and Vezirköprü forest recreation areas, Havza and Lâdik Hot springs, Kale, Pazar (Samsun), Hacı Hatun, Yalı, Tayyar Pasha, Mustafa Pasha, Rıdvan Bey, Abdullah Pasha, Değirmenbaşı, Taceddin Pasha, Pazar (Terme), Taşkale mosques, Grand Mosque (Samsun), Şeyh Seyyid Kudbeddin and İsa Baba mosques and masoleums, Grand Mosque (Bafra), Fazıl Ahmed Pasha old theological school (medrese), Fazıl Ahmed Pasha Bazaar and Guild Shops (Arasta), Havza Alm House, Kızgözü Aslanağzı hot spring, Küçükhamam (curing hot spring), Taşkale and Şifa baths, Çiftehamam, Atatürk and First Step Monuments, Samsun Archeology and Ethnography, Samsun 19 May and Samsun Atatürk Museums.
Camps
Huzur Tesisleri
Altınkum / Samsun
Tel: (362) 457 59 75
Çamlık Camp
Altınkum / Samsun
Tel: (362) 457 50 39
Kanarya Camp
Altınkum / Samsun
Tel: (362) 457 58 57
Camping 87
Taflan / Samsun
Geyikkoşan Tesisleri
Alaçam / Samsun
Tel: (362) 621 53 27
19 Mayıs Camp Area
Ondokuzmayıs / Samsun
Tel: (362) 511 44 88
Sera Camping
Yakakent / Samsun
Tel: (362) 611 36 15
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (362) 432 11 58 - 431 00 14
Fax: (362) 435 65 48
Samsun State Classical Turkish Music Choir Directorate
Address: Özel İdare İşhanları Sitesi
Irmak Cad. 2 Blok - Samsun
Choir Tel: (0 362) 432 09 20
State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
Fuariçi
SAMSUN
Tel: (0 362) 432 29 33
Fax: 432 11 58
Museum
Samsun Archeology and Etnography Museum
Tel/faks: (362) 431 68 28
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Samsun
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 41
Urban Sites: 4
Natural Sites: 7
Historical Sites: 1
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 3
Total: 56
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 369
TOTAL: 424
Significant Days
Local Days of Celebration:
Hıdrellez
Çarşamba
6 May
Hıdrellez
Bafra
6 May
Hıdrellez
Ladik District Center and Erenler Hill, Topağacı
6 May
Hıdrellez
Alaçam (Geyikkoşan)
6 May
Festivals:
Watermelon Festival
Bafra
22-23 August
Rice Festival
Terme-Kocaman
13-14 June
International Folk Dance Festival
Center
23-29 July
Festivities:
Selesepet Topkandil Festivities
Bafra District
Starts on 19th day of Ramadan
Golden Nut Traditional Wrestling Competitions
Terme District Köy Hamlet
9 September
Expositions:
Spring Garment Exposition
Center District
28 April-28 May
Art Culture - Book Exposition
Center District
24 April-4 May
26. Samsun National Exposition
Center District
1-31 July
4th Autumn Garment Exposition
Center District
6 September-6 October
Significant Weeks:
19 May Culture Week
Center District
19-25 May
Arrival of Atatürk at Havza
Havza
25 May