
A day in Samsun: İlkadım
A walk starting at the Seyyid Kutbiddin Mosque, dated 1292, and leading to the Büyük Cami (Great Mosque) near the Saathane, the Gazi Museum in the Mıntıka Palas where Mustafa Kemal stayed in 1919, the Onur Monument, built with public donations, and the İlkadım Monument marking the landing pier; it ends at the Samsun Museum, which displays the Amisos Treasure.
- Estimated duration
- ~4 h 30 min
- Straight-line distance (estimate)
- ~3.4 km
- Getting around
- Walking
- Stops
- 6 stops
Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.
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Route map
Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Stops
- 1
- 2
~530 m from the previous stop (straight line)

Mosque
Great Mosque (Valide Mosque)
İlkadım, Samsun
~0.53 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 3
~470 m from the previous stop (straight line)

Museum
Gazi Museum (Mıntıka Palas)
İlkadım, Samsun
~0.47 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 4
~360 m from the previous stop (straight line)

Monument and statue
Onur Monument (Monument of Honor)
İlkadım, Samsun
~0.36 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 5
~360 m from the previous stop (straight line)

Monument and statue
İlkadım Monument
İlkadım, Samsun
~0.36 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 6
~1.6 km from the previous stop (straight line)

Museum
Samsun Museum
İlkadım, Samsun
~1.62 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
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