Tekkeköy
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| Coordinates: 41°12′45″N 36°27′25″E / 41.21250°N 36.45694°ECoordinates: 41°12′45″N 36°27′25″E / 41.21250°N 36.45694°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Samsun |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 37,100 |
| • District | 48,997 |
| Climate | Cfa |
Tekkeköy is a district of Samsun Province in Turkey. The Mayor Of Tekkeköy Municipality is Hasan Togar.
Agriculture and animal breeding are the main sources of income. Black Sea Copper Works Inc., Samsun Azot Factory, the Organized Industry Site, Industrial Site and Organized Food Industry Site, fertilizer and forging industry, along with a power plant, many surgical instrument manufacturing companies and other manufacturers have facilitated an economically dynamic area.
It is on the coast of the Black Sea and located on the 13th km of the Samsun – Trabzon highway, east of Çaşamba District. Tekkeköy is an easy ride from Samsun with plenty of transport options. There will soon be a railway system to and from Tekkeköy.
The district has a population of nearly 50k, half of which resides in the center and half in rural areas. A third of the district's land is within the Yeşilırmak delta plain which is convenient for irrigated farming. The daily population is between 100-150k due to the industry sites and many big showrooms on the Samsun – Ordu highway.
The constructions of the Yaşar Doğu Arena and the new city stadium, the international expo and congress center being located within the district and projects such as the Logistics Village, Science and Technology Center, Arts & Culture Center, and Olympic Swimming Pool has served to modernize the district. There are also many hotels of international brands within Tekkeköy.
Samsun Çarşamba Airport is also within the district's limits and very close to the center, making Tekkeköy one of the most important districts of Turkey.
A 7,500-seat multi-purpose indoor venue, the Tekkeköy Yaşar Doğu Arena, was opened end March 2013 in the town.
Tekkeköy Municipality is a member of the Union Of Historical Towns since September 13, 2015.
In 1941, studies conducted in Tekkeköy and surrounding regions by archeologists Prof. Dr. Tahsin Özgüç and Prof. Nimet Özgüç, and led by Kılıç Kökten, have found that the district has been used as a settlement since the Paleolithic era.
Located south of the current district center, these settlements date back to c. 600,000 – 100,000 BC.
Archeological studies done in the district has also reviled remains from the Hittite and Phrygian eras. These lands were included in the Pontus Empire in the mid 3rd century BC and later were seized by the Roman, the Byzantine and the Anatolian Seljuk empires respectively.
When the Seljuk Empire entered Anatolia, they sent the great Turkish Veli Sheikh Zeynuddin to this important area and established an Islamic lodge (tekke) in order to covert the locals to Islam. Sheikh Zeynuddin, who is thought to have lived c. 1250-1330, cared for the travelers, the poor, and ones in need. It is said that the name Tekkeköy is rooted in that very lodge, as the literal translation for tekke is "holyman's lodge".
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