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Black Sea Turkey, Türkiye
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Central Black Sea (Turkish: Orta Karadeniz) is a region in Black Sea Turkey, comprising the provinces of Amasya, Çorum, Ordu, Samsun and Tokat.
Samsun-Çarşamba (SZF) and Ordu-Giresun (OGU) airports are both on the coast, with daily flights from Istanbul.
Read in the guideThe towns sprawl, although their old centres with the majority of sights may be compact and walkable. Dolmuşes serve the main boulevards and the bus stations, which are often several km from downtown.
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Samsun, in the Central Karadeniz region of Turkey, is the largest city on the Turkish Black Sea coast. In 2021 it had a population of 710,000, with about as many more in its surrounding province.
Ünye is a port and resort in the Central Karadeniz or Black Sea region of Turkey, with a population of 132,000 in 2022. It has few "sights" but you might break a journey along the coast here.
Ordu is a city in the Central Karadeniz region on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, with a population of 235,000 in 2023.
Amasya is a city in the Central Karadeniz region of Turkey, with a population of 116,000 in 2023. It's 333 km northeast of Ankara in the gorge of the River Yeşilırmak and has a well-preserved old town.
Çorum is a city in the Central Karadeniz region of Turkey, with a population of 270,000 in 2022. You might stop here to break up a journey from Ankara to the Black Sea coast.
Tokat is a city of almost 200 thousand in the Central Karadeniz or Black Sea region of Turkey. It is hemmed in by hills at the head of a broad fertile valley, and has a collection of old mosques and mansions.
Boğazkale is a village in the Central Karadeniz or Black Sea region of Turkey, with a population of 1200 in 2022. The reason to visit is the Hittite city of Hattusa, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Kızılırmak Delta Bird Reserve (Kızılırmak Deltası Kuş Cenneti) is a wetland wildlife reserve in the Central Karadeniz region of Turkey, about 50 km west of Samsun. A rest and feeding stop for many birds migrating over the Black Sea it is a Ramsar site, an internationally important wetland.
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