Samsun

A "cat town" has been founded by locals in the Black Sea province of Samsun to provide a healthy and comfortable living space for stray cats

A Hellenistic grave has been unearthed at a construction site in the northern province of Samsun's ?lkad?m district. 

The first examinations made by the Samsun Archaeology and Ethnography Museum officials revealed that it was a Hellenistic-era grave chamber. 

Doctors went on a nationwide strike for one day on June 1, as the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) announced late last week it was calling all its member doctors to go on a strike to protest the killing of Kamil Furtun, a thoracic surgeon who was shot dead while on duty on May 29 in a public hospital in the Black Sea province of Samsun.

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has announced that medical personnel around the country will halt all non-emergency services on June 1 over the killing of a doctor.

Dr. Kamil Furtun, 56, was shot three times by a 30-year-old man at a public hospital in the Black Sea province of Samsun on May 29. 

Public opinion has agreed on the need to adopt the presidential system and renew the constitution, so it is now time to discuss the ?substance? of the changes, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has declared. 

At least one person has been killed after a boat carrying up to seven people overturned in a lake in the Black Sea province of Samsun on Jan. 11, Samsun Governor ?brahim ?ahin has stated.

"Based on initial information, a boat with six or seven people aboard capsized because of a storm," ?ahin said.

Unique floor mosaics that have been unearthed in a church in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in the Black Sea province of Karabük’s Eskipazar district have been opened to visitors.

The mufti of the Black Sea province of Samsun has raised eyebrows after questioning the sincerity of those who object to the rape of infants, saying they should also display the same reaction to youngsters engaging in pre-marital sex.

An ancient road believed to date back to the Iron Age and featuring rock-carved stairs has been discovered in the northern province of Samsun’s Salıpazarı district.

Following Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan, another candidate to become Turkey’s next president, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, has also announced that he aims to win the upcoming election in its first round on Aug. 10.

İhsanoğlu told the Hürriyet Daily News’ Barçın Yinanç that he aimed to attract 55 percent of the vote.