Düvecik, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Canik Canik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 264 km2, and its population is 100,641 (2022). It is located to the east of the city center of Samsun. Canik means land of Tzan/Can Laz people and became one of the ...

Samsun Province Samsun Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2, and its population is 1,368,488 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasy ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

.Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its population is 1,084 (2022).

History

In accordance with

Treaty of Lausanne The Treaty of Lausanne (, ) is a peace treaty negotiated during the Lausanne Conference of 1922–1923 and signed in the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923. The treaty officially resolved the conflict that had initially ...

, 105 people migrated to the district in 1931 from Chrysoupoli. These people were mostly

Balkan Turks The Balkan Turks or Rumelian Turks () are the Turkish people who have been living in the Balkans since Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, as well as their descendants who still live in the region today. The Turks are officially recognized as a minority ...

. After a while people from

Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...

and nearby cities moved into the village. With the building of residential areas nearby and growing population, a Plebiscite was held on 27 December 2009. After the Plebiscite Düvecik was accepted as a neighborhood.

Geography

8 kilometers away from the city center.

Population

Economy

The economy is mostly depended on agriculture and livestock. Although most of the young population prefer working in the city center.

Infrastructure

There is an elementary school in the neighbourhood. Water supply network and sewer infrastructure are present in the neighbourhood. There isn't any medical facility located in Düvecik. Also, there is electricity and phone network connected to neighbourhood.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duvecik, Canik Neighbourhoods in Canik District