Samsun Province (Turkey)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 30 August 2021

• Flag of Samsun Province
• Previous flag of Samsun Province
• Special Provincial Administration
• Samsun (Metropolitan Municipality)
• District municipalities

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See also:

• Turkey

Flag of Samsun Province

A new flag of Samsun Province bears the provincial emblem in red.
Tomislav Šipek, 30 August 2021

Previous flag of Samsun Province

Flag of Samsun Province - Image by Jens Pattke, 19 October 2012

The flag of Samsun Province (photo) is white with the province's emblem in the middle. "T.C." stands for "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti", "Republic of Turkey"; "Valiliği" means "Governorate".

The emblem features Samsun's landmark, the Statue of Honor, an equestrian monument dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938). The monument recalls that Kemal landed on 19 May 1919 in Samsun, where he started the organization of a national movement, the first step to the War of Independence (1919-1922). The monument was designed by the Austrian architect Heinrich Krippel (1883-1945), commissioned by Governor Kazım Pasha. Of nearly 9 m in height, the monument was inaugurated in 1932.
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Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 26 November 2017

Special Provincial Administration

Flag of the Samsun Special Provincial Administration - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 March 2015 2015

The flag of the Samsun Special Provincial Administration (photo, photo) is white with the administration's emblem in the middle. "T.C." stands for "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti", "Republic of Turkey"; "İl Özel İdaresi" means "Special Provincial Administration".

Tomislav Šipek, 24 March 2015