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Samsun is a city with a population over half a million people on the north coast of Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port. The growing city has two universities, several hospitals, shopping malls, a lot of light manufacturing industry, sports facilities and an opera. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began the Turkish War of Independence here in 1919. ==Name== The present name of the city may come from its former Greek name of Amisos (ΑΜΙΣΟΥ) by a shortening of Eis Amison (meaning to Amisos) + ounta (Greek suffix for place names) to Sampsunda (Σαμψούντα) and then Samsun〔Özhan Öztürk. (Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük (Blacksea: Encyclopedic Dictionary) ). 2 Cilt (2 Volumes). Heyamola Publishing. Istanbul.2005 ISBN 975-6121-00-9〕 (). The early Greek historian Hecataeus wrote that Amisos was formerly called Enete, the place mentioned in Homer's Iliad. It has also been known as Peiraieos by Athenian settlers and even briefly as Pompeiopolis by a Roman statesman who wanted it named after him. The city was called Simisso by the Genoese and during the Ottoman Empire the present name was written in 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samsun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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