Samsun

The Samsun Metropolitan Municipality began to release 97 swift birds that had been found in a roof during a maintenance into nature.

A bridge in the Black Sea province of Samsun collapsed on Aug. 26, injuring two citizens.

The Ambassadors Conference, organized annually by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2008, will be held this year on Aug. 3-9 in Ankara and Samsun with the participation of Turkish ambassadors serving at home and abroad.

A dolphin trapped in a sand formation in the shallow waters of a marina in the Black Sea province of Samsun was rescued by a team of divers on May 19.

A total of 182 students from Turkey and other countries have embarked on a three-day sea journey from Istanbul to the province of Samsun on the Black Sea coast ahead of the May 19 Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day celebrations.

Some 50,000 people marched holding a 1,919-meter-long Turkish flag in Samsun on May 14, marking the Koç Sports Fest (KSF) in the northern part of the city.

A court of appeal in Turkey's Black Sea province of Samsun has overturned a local court decision, which allegedly could cause destruction of a rare scenic beauty spot in Tonya district of Trabzon province.

"Ayşe Operetta," which was written by Muhlis Sabahattin İzgi and had premiered in the Blak Sea province of Samsun in 1929, is getting ready to meet art lovers as it is set to take its place in the repertoire of the State Opera and Ballet (DOB), with a performance in Ankara tonight. 

Atakum district of Turkey's Black Sea province of Samsun. (Demirören News Agency)

A Panama-flagged ship sank off the coast of Samsun province in Turkey’s Black Sea on Jan. 7, officials said. According to an Interior Ministry statement, four crew were rescued when the Turkish coast guard started a search and rescue activity after receiving a danger signal on the sinking of a ship off 77 nautical miles of northern Samsun province. Click trhough for the photos...