Canik
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| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Samsun |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Urban | 72,677 |
| • District | 92,201 |
| Climate | Cfa |
Canik is one of the main municipalities in Samsun, Turkey, located at the east of the city center. The Municipality had 89.753 inhabitants as of the 2009 census.[2]
Canik became one of the four town municipalities under the patronage of Samsun Metropolitan Municipality in 1994. The region was largely settled by middle and lower working-class people in those days, but recent years made a big impact in the local economy. In 2009, Canik's status changed with other Metropolitan areas Ilkadim, Atakum and Tekkekoy, and it was turned into a borough instead of a small town.
History
The first mention of Canik in Turkish sources occurs in Dânişmendnâme, where it is cited as a Georgian fortress.[3] The name may be derived from "Chan" (Laz) - the name of Georgian tribes Č’ani (ჭანი) in Georgian).[4] There were Beyliks of Canik, before this region became a part of the Ottoman Empire. Assyrian, Urartian, Greek, and Roman documents reveal that in early historical times (2nd-1st millennia B.C.), the numerous Kartvelian tribes were in the process of migrating into the Caucasus from the southwest.[citation needed] The northern coast and coastal mountains of Asia Minor were dominated by Kartvelian peoples at least as far west as Samsun.[citation needed]
Geography
It is located on the north, Black Sea coast of Turkey.
References
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- ↑ http://samsunnuf.gov.tr/Default.aspx?Sayfa=NufusKagTMPBidZyljHt47k4TGQ
- ↑ В.С. Гарбузова, Сказание о мелике Данышменде, Издaние восточной литературы, М., 1959, стр. 82 (in Russian)
- ↑ V. Cuinet, La Turquia d'Asia, París 1890.
