Samsun

Cats fed with Mozart’s ‘Turkish March’ playing in background in Turkey’s north

Cats living in a place called the “Cat Town” in an animal rehabilitation center in the Black Sea province of Samsun are fed twice a day with Mozart’s famous piece “Turkish March” playing in the background. Click through for the story in photos...

US epidemiologist: 'Genes give us the gun, environment pulls the trigger' in cancer

"Genes give us the gun, while the environment pulls the trigger," the prominent US epidemiologist Devra Davis told Kathimerini in an exclusive interview ahead of her speech at a conference titled "Dramatic Changes on the Planet and the Greek Roots of Ecological Ethics," which took place at the University of Patra in southwestern Greece from June 17 to 20.

63-year-old Turkish man initiates 370-km march to commemorate boy killed by PKK

A 63-year-old man has initiated a 370-km march from the Black Sea province of Samsun towards Trabzon, another Black Sea province, to commemorate Eren Bülbül, a 15-year-old boy who was killed this month in clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and security forces, Doğan News Agency reported on Aug. 29.

Former MHP MP Akşener's new party will occupy 'national center' in Turkish politics: Colleague

The new party to be formed under the leadership of Meral Akşener, a former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) member, will occupy the "national center" in Turkish politics, according to one of her colleagues, who announced that the new party will be formed in October and will launch from Samsun, the city where the Turkish War of Independence began in 1919.

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