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SAMSUN’DA FRANSIZ KONSOLOSLUĞU’NUN KURULMASI VE FRANSIZ ARŞİV BELGELERİNE GÖRE ŞEHRİN DURUMU (1840-1870) - THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH CONSULATE AT SAMSUN AND THE SITUATION OF THE CITY ACCORDING TO FRENCH ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS
Just like Trabzon, Samsun, one of the most important ports of the Southern Black Sea, entered into a rapid development process in the 1830s owing to the high potential of agricultural production and its geographical location. As a sign of this developmental…