1. Bafra, a little town to the west of Samsun is famous for its tobacco,
caviar and thermal springs. You can see a 13th century Turkish Bath
(Hamam), a mosque-mausoleum-medresse complex from the 15th century,
the Paphlagorian Rock Tombs and the ruins of Asar Fortress. Lake Simenik at
Terme is a birds' paradise.
Samsun has a long history and its myths go back even longer.
According to ancient myths the delta east of Samsun was the land of the
Amazons. The geographer Strabo (64 BC-21 AD) describes the Amazons as a
people of female warriors. In order to shoot easily with bow and arrow they
Dear guests, had one of their breast removed. Amazon is derived from the old Greek and
means 'without breasts'. The Amazons used men from neighboring peoples to
reproduce themselves and male children were sent to neighboring peoples.
Welcome to Samsun. Let me give you some information about this
The myths situate the period of the Amazons about 1200 BC.
beautiful city.
Greek colonists settled in the 6th century BC and established a
Samsun is the largest city on the Black Sea coast and it is a major
flourishing trade with the people of the interior of Asia Minor. In the 3rd
commercial port and an industrial city. It is an ancient city which has been
totally modernized and has all the traits of a commercial port. The city, with century BC Samsun came under the rule of the expanding Kingdom of Pontus.
the name Amissos in ancient times, is the port where products of the whole Initially the Kingdom of Pontus had been a part of the empire of Alexander the
Great that broke up soon after his death in the 4th century BC.
region are exported and it hosts the annual Samsun Trade and Industry Fair.
The Romans took over in 47 BC and were replaced by the Byzantines.
Samsun found itself at the center of the Turkish War of Independence
on May 19,1919, when Atatürk landed here to organise the defence of The town was captured by the Seljuks (around 1200 AD) and later became
Anatolia. The extraordinary equestrian statue of Ataturk at the city park part of a Turkish principality. The region was taken by the Ottomans in the
first part of the 15th century.
stands as a memorial of that day. At the Ataturk Museum, there are many
memorial objects from the Turkish War of Independence.
Here, on 19 May 1919, a man stepped ashore who would create a
Turkish state, change a society and even alter a language; this great man was
In the other museum of the city, the Archaeological and
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Ethnographical Museum, there are many findings from the environs and
ancient Samsun (Amissos), especially of importance are the artifacts and
jewelry. At Ikiztepe, there was a significant excavation. An archaeological site CONTACT at; Merve DUYGULU
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2. 1. ATAKUM ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE
13.11.2009
Arrival at the airport – to the Hotel
14.11.2009
08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Atakum Adult Education Centre was founded in 2008 in Samsun. It is
09.00 Visiting Atakum Adult Education Centre (1) a non-formal educational institution that provides the people who are in or
10.00 Start of Meeting out of formal education with life long learning opportunities in order to
13.30 Lunch contribute to their cultural, social and economical development in relation to
their interests, competences and skills. There are a great number and variety
14.30 City Tour
of courses and classes covered by some educational programmes such as;
- A Visit to Samsun Bandırma Boat Museum (2)
- Basic Education
- Gazi Museum(3) - Academic Education
- Big Mosque (4) - Vocational and Technical Education
18:30 Hamam (Turkish Baths) (5) - Arts
20:00 Back to the Hotel - General Knowledge and Citizenship Education
21:00 Dinner - House Management & Parenting and Family Education
- Social Services Education
15.11.2009 - Education for Health
08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel - Handcrafts
09.00 Start of Meeting
2. SAMSUN BANDIRMA BOAT MUSEUM
12.30 A visit to Amisos Hill (6)
14.30 Lunch
Bandirma Boat,
15:30 Archeology and Ethnography Muesum (7) which fulfilled a very
17:00 Atatürk Monument significant role on the way
18.00 Shop till you drop (Russian Bazaar) to independent Turkish
20:30 Dinner (Ezella Restaurant) Repuplic, has taken its
21:30 Back to the Hotel unique place in the history
by taking great saviour
16.11.2009 Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK, as
Leave to the Airport & Farewell the 9 th army commander,
and his 18 friends to

3. Samsun. The Bandirma Boat was built as a passenger and cargo ship in 1878 in 4. BIG MOSQUE
Scotland under the name of “Torocaderto” and was operated for 5 years by a Known as "Ulu Camii, Hamidiye
company. Camii, Valide Camii, it was costructed in
1884 by Hacı Ali and was restorated by
Bandirma Boat was used as a cargo vessel under the name of the mother of Sultan Abdülaziz, one of
“panderma” registered in Otoman Maritime administration, by a Grek the Ottoman Emperors. It is one of the
shipowner from 1883 to 1910. During the World War I, Mustafa Kemal cultural heritages that is still on stand in
ATATÜRK and his 18 friends on board from İstanbul arrived in Samsun on 19 Samsun.
May 1919 by the Bandirma Boat.
Bandirma Boat was out of service in 1925 and later it was dismantled. 5. HAMAM (TURKISH BATHS)
A genuine model of The Bandirma Boat with its orginal sizes (47.70 m. – 6.83
m. – 4.27 m.) was built by the Governorship of Samsun. Its environmental Samsun is a fascinating city
arrangement was realized by the Samsun Governorship, Samsun Metropol which is famous for its springs, Turkish
Municipality and finally The Bandirma Boat was opened to puplic visit as a baths and spa centres. Scientific
museum ship on 19 May 2003 by the East park area. analysis have shown that the spring
water is effective in the treatment of
3. GAZI MUSEUM many illnesses such as; rheumatic
pains, arthiritis, stiffening of the joints
Gazi Museum is located on and hips, hernias, female complaints,
the Mecidiye Avenue at the Kale severe pains, severe colitis, liver and
district in the centre of Samsun. The gall stones and skin complaints.
walls of this two-storey building
were made of bricks. Lathwork was 6. AMISOS HILL
used inside. Atatürk stayed for 6 days Samsun was founded as the colony Amisos
in this building during his first arrival (alternative spelling Amisus, Eis Amison - meaning
to Samsun on 19 May 1919. In that to amisos took the name Samsunta or Samsus) by
time this building was known as settlers from Miletus in the 7th century BC. Amisos
“Mintika Palace”. During the second Hill is a hill where you can see the modern and
arrival of the Great Leader (20-24 historical view of Samsun together. You can enjoy
September 1924), the subject building was presented to him as a gift of the the beautiful view of Samsun while drinking
Samsun People. The Great Leader also stayed in this building during his third Turkish tea prepared in SEMAVER. Amisos Hill was
(16-18 September 1928) and his fourth (22-26 November 1930) visits to found by change by a treasure researcher. A family
Samsun. After the transfer of the building to Ministry of Culture by the grave of a Phontus King and his treasure was
Samsun Municipality and than, after its restoration and rearranging for found on this hill.
exhibition, it was opened to visitors on 8 November 1998.

4. 7. ARCHEOLOGY and ETHNOGRAPHY MUSEUM
ROMANIAN PARTICIPANTS SLOVENIAN PARTICIPANTS
The construction of Archaeology
1 MARC PILLICH-WRIGHT 1 BARBARA VOGRINEC
& Ethnography Museum in the Fair area
in Samsun began in 1976 and the 2 GYÖNGYVER PILLICH-WRIGHT
museum was opened to visit on May
GREEK PARTICIPANTS TURKISH PARTICIPANTS
19th, 1981. The museum consists of a
central hall and two other symmetrical 1 YVONNE VON BECK
1 SAVAŞ BOYAR
halls. The mosaic being exhibited in the 2 KATARINA KANAKARI
central hall was made in times of 2 MERVE DUYGULU
3 EFI MAKRI
Alexander Severus (AC 222-235), the Rome Emperor and was restored in LITHUANIAN PARTICIPANTS 3 NURETTİN ÖZDEMİR
Byzantine Times at the end of AC 5th century. There are various mythological 4 ENVER TUFANER
scenes on mosaic base made symmetrically. There is a scene in the middle 1 STANISLAVA NERUTE KLIGIENE
related to the Troia war including Akhilleus and Thetis; there are some MEETING AGENDA
portraits reflecting the seasons on the panels located on each four corner of
this scene; and Nereids and sea creatures are described in the rectangular - Introducing the participating institutions, participants, and
panels among the seasons. Other than these figured scenes, there is a scene understanding the structure of the institutions,
on a rectangular panel describing a sacrifice. The remaining parts of the above - Presentation of the project, giving detailed information about the
mentioned mosaic are ornamented with geometrical and plant motifs. activities to be done and the aims of the project,
- Revision and reorganization of the partnership and the application
ACCOMMODATION form according to the structure of the partnership, (if needed)
- Discussing on the details of the planned activities,
You are going to accommodate in - Sharing the new responsibilities,
Atakum Leısure Centre, which is in the city - Organization of the budget and the activities for the following
centre. You willl have your breakfast here but months,
lunch and dinner will be out at different - Determining the exact dates of the planned activities; such as mobility
restaurants. You will taste the traditional dishes actions and other project assessment meetings,
pecular to Samsun. A minibus will be waiting - Expressing ideas about promotion measures to increase civil society
for you in order to take you to the destinations. involvement,
- Analysis of problems about cultural heritages at local level,
PARTICIPANTS - Presentation of the local museum,
- Sharing ideas about the preparation of a booklet named “EU
The activities will be carried out in the attandence of Romanian, HERITAGES”
Slovenian, Greek, Lithuanian and Turkish participants. There will not be any - Evaluating the meeting by the partner organizations
representatives from Italy as the meeting dates are not suitable for them. The - Cultural visits and social activities in TURKEY,
names of the meeting participants are as follows; - Evaluating the meeting by the participants,