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Samsun
Metropolitan municipality
In order: Artificial lake near Liberation wharf, Statue of Honor in Belediye Park, Istiklal Street, bottom: View of SS Bandırma museum ship, Samsun tram, wall of covered market.
In order: Artificial lake near Liberation wharf, Statue of Honor in Belediye Park, Istiklal Street, bottom: View of SS Bandırma museum ship, Samsun tram, wall of covered market.
Samsun is located in Turkey
Samsun
Samsun
Location in Turkey
Country  Turkey
Region Black Sea
Province Samsun
Boroughs
List
Atakum
Canik
İlkadım
Tekkeköy
Area
 • Metropolitan municipality 1,055 km2 (407 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Density 573/km2 (1,480/sq mi)
 • Urban
605,319
Time zone UTC+3 (FET)
Postal code
55
Area code(s) (+90) 362
Licence plate 55
Climate Cfa
Website www.samsun.bel.tr www.samsun.gov.tr

Samsun is a city on the north coast of Turkey with a population over half a million people. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port. The growing city has two universities, several hospitals, shopping malls, much light manufacturing industry, sports facilities and an opera.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began the Turkish War of Independence here in 1919.

About 600,000 people live in Samsun.

Images for kids

  • Samsun sea (cropped)

    Samsun seen from the sea

  • Frig-samsun

    Parts of goose-headed and camel-headed Phrygian pottery vessels

  • Samsun Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Müzesi (1975 binası)

    Samsun Archaeology and Ethnographic Museum

  • Souvenir de Samsoun (Costume Laze)

    People from Samsun. National costumes in Ottoman era, 1910s

  • Samsun Protestan Kilisesi - Yeni Bina İçinde 1

    Interior of Protestant Church in Samsun

  • Panorama 1919 Müzesi (2)

    Panorama 1919 Museum in Samsun

  • Historical buildings in Turkey

    Historical building of the Governor's House ("Vali konağı") of Samsun in Turkey.

  • Bandırma Vapuru Müzesi ve Millî Kurtuluş Anıtı (2)

    Replica of the cargo ship SS Bandırma, which carried Atatürk from Istanbul and arrived in Samsun on 19 May 1919, the date which traditionally marks the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence.

  • Amisos Tepesi'nden Amazon Adası'na bakış

    Views of Amisos Hill in Samsun.

  • Samsun İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü

    Historical building of Culture and Tourism Directorate.

  • Samsun Millet Bahçesi iç (3)

    Millet Park in Samsun

  • Samsun Protestan Kilisesi - Yeni Bina

    Samsun Protestant Church

  • Samsun tram Gara 20110714

    AnsaldoBreda Sirio Trams in Samsun

  • Samsun Çarşamba Airport

    Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

  • Omü - Tıp Fakültesi

    Hospital of Ondokuz Mayıs University's Faculty of Medicine in Samsun.

  • Samsun tarihî Osmanlı Bankası binası

    Former Ottoman Bank branch in Samsun.

  • Samsun Piazza gece yakından

    Piazza Samsun

  • Bulvar AVM

    Samsun Bulvar Shopping Mall

  • Samsun Piazza AVM iç (2)

    Piazza Samsun

  • Gazi Müzesi cephe

    Gazi Museum

  • Onur Anıtı

    Statue of Atatürk by the Austrian sculptor Heinrich Krippel in Samsun's city center.

  • Samdob

    Samsun Opera and Ballet Hall

  • Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu (Ekim 2019)

    Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium

  • Kardeş şehirler

    Sister cities of Samsun.

See also

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