district
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of
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 ...
. Its area is 1,674 km2, and its population is 90,308 (2022). It is named after the Ottoman Albanian grand vizier
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (, , ; or ''Qyprilliu'', also called ''Mehmed Pashá Rojniku''; 1575, Roshnik,– 31 October 1661, Edirne) was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and founding patriarch of the Köprülü political dynasty. He helped ...
.
History
At the
breakup
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of
Alexander the Great
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's empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the
kingdom of Pontus
Pontus ( ) was a Hellenistic kingdom centered in the historical region of Pontus in modern-day Turkey, and ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin, which may have been directly related to Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty. ...
with its capital at Amaseia (
Amasya
Amasya () is a city in northern Turkey, in the Black Sea Region. It was called Amaseia or Amasia in antiquity."Amasya" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol ...
), later at Sinope (
Sinop
Sinop can refer to:
* Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea
** Sinop Nuclear Power Plant, was planned in 2013, but cancelled in 2018
** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port
*** Russian ship ''Sinop'', Russian ships named after the ...
). When the last king
Mithradates VI
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an effective, ambitious, and r ...
was defeated by the Romans,
Pompey the Great
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. ...
founded a "new city", Neapolis (), which later changed its name to Neoklaudioupolis (Νεοκλαυδιούπολις) or Neoclaudiopolis in Latin, the forerunner of modern Vezirköprü. In
late antiquity
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, the town returned to its original name, Andrapa (Ἄνδραπα), and became a bishopric. It also minted coins bearing the dates and effigies of
Marcus Aurelius
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,
Septimius Severus
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, and
Caracalla
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.
Its bishop Paralius was at the
Council of Ephesus
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(431) and sent his deacon Eucharius to represent him at the
Council of Chalcedon
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(451). Paulus was one of the signatories of the letter by which the bishops of the
Roman province
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of
Helenopontus
Pontus or Pontos (; ,) is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hinterland (rising to the Pontic Alps in th ...
, to which Andrapa belonged, protested to
Byzantine Emperor
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Leo I the Thracian
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in 458 about the killing of
Proterius of Alexandria
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. Ioannes was at the
Third Council of Constantinople
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(680), Sergius at the
Trullan Council
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(692). Theodorus was represented at the
Second Council of Nicaea
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(787) by his deacon Marinus. Antonius took part in the Photian
Council of Constantinople (879)
The Fourth Council of Constantinople was held in 879–880. It confirmed the reinstatement of Photius I as patriarch of Constantinople.
The result of this council is accepted by the Eastern Orthodox as having the authority of an ecumenical c ...
.
No longer a residential bishopric, Andrapa is today listed by the
Catholic Church
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as a
titular see
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.
Composition
There are 161
neighbourhoods
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Bakla
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Burhaniye
Burhaniye is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 420 km2, and its population is 64,283 (2022). It is located on the Aegean coast and is known for its olive oil. Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport is ten minu ...
Çaltı
Çaltı is a village in the Söğüt District, Bilecik Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,074 (2021). It is a few kilometers south of Sakarya River. The distance to Söğüt is and the distance to Bilecik is . The settlement was founded by Y ...
Elmalı
Elmalı is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,433 km2, and its population is 40,774 (2022). It lies about inland, near the town of Korkuteli and west of the city of Antalya.
Formerl ...
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Esen
Esen may refer to:
Given name
* Esen Buqa I (1310 - c. 1318), Khan of the Chagatai Khanate
* Esen Buqa II (1429–1462), Khan of Moghulistan
* Esen Taishi, 15th-century Oirat leader of Northern Yuan dynasty
Surname
* Aydin Esen (born 1962), Tur ...
Esenyurt
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İnkaya
İnkaya is a village in Sarıkamış District of Kars Province, Turkey. Its population is 991 (2022). The distance to Sarıkamış is and to Kars
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Kapaklı
Kapaklı () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 182 km2, and its population is 137,514 (2022). The district and municipality Kapaklı was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from p ...
Karabük
Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District.Karacaören
* Karadoruk
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Karaköy
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Karaköy is one of the oldest and mo ...
Karapınar
Karapınar, formerly known as Barta is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,623 km2, and its population is 50,323 (2022). Volcanic Karapınar Field is located nearby.
Composition
There are 42 neighbourhoods i ...
Ortaköy
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Samur
SAMUR (''Servicio de Asistencia Municipal de Urgencia y Rescate'') is a specialized emergency system of Madrid, Spain. It is composed of the central base, 17 operative bases and 190 vehicles.
History
The starting point and deployment of the or ...
Sarıyar
Sarıyar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nallıhan, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 501 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'').
It is situated to the west of Sarıyar Dam reservoir an ...
Sofular Sofular can refer to:
* Sofular, Çameli
Sofular is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çameli, Denizli Province
Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground ...
*
Soğucak
Soğucak (former Belenkeşlik) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 712 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'').
Geography
The town is situated ...
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Susuz
Susuz (, , ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Susuz District.
* Tabakhane
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Tahtaköprü
Tahtaköprü (literally "Wooden bridge") is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of İnegöl, Bursa Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,222 (2022). Before the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reorganisation, it was a ...
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* Bekker-Nielsen, T., R. Czichon, C. Høgel, B. Kıvrak, J.M. Madsen, V. Sauer, S.L. Sørensen & K. Winther-Jacobsen 2015. Ancient Neoklaudiopolis (Vezirköprü in Samsun Province): A Historical and Archaeological Guide. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.