19 Mayıs - Tourism

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Kızılırmak Delta
It is one of the largest deltas that the alluviums carried by Kızılırmak River formed. Governmentally, it exists within the borders of Engiz, Bafra and Alaçam districts of Samsun.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Yörükler Town
Yörükler Town, which is 5 km to the district, is a settlement that has sights with its long and virgin coasts, rare Galeriç flooding forests and fish lakes site on the world bird routes.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Yörükler Turkish Bath
As the epigraph of this bath near the Fish Lake in 19 Mayıs district in Samsun does not exist today, its building date is not clear. Still, it is supposed that it belongs to the second half of 19th century considering its structure. The bath was made from rubble and ashlars and also brick in some places. It consists of cold, warm and hot sections.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Hızır-İlyas Mound (Yörükler Tumulus)
The tumulus near Yörükler Municipality mirrors the culture of Roman age.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Galeriç Forest (Flooding Forest)
The most interesting areas of this region in terms of wilderness are the non-evergreen trees that are completely covered with water in spring. These forests are broken up today, but Galeriç forest on the northern side of Yörükler Town still keeps its integrity. Kızılırmak Delta is very important in terms of the bird wealth that it inholds. In this sense, the existence of the delta will bring prestige to our country in international platform and it also has a very significant potential in subjects such as natural tourism, environmental education, scientific research, etc.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Stone Bridge
The bridge in Yörükler-Kalaba Quarter is one of the 19th century Ottoman monuments. It was built with stone material. It is single-arched and the significant amount of its footings is under the earth.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Şeyh Berk (Şahbey) Mausoleum
It is noted that it was built during the period of Turkmens that immigrated to the district from the Central Asia. The mausoleum of Şeyh Berk, who is mentioned to be one of the numerous Anatolian saints, has been restored with the help of a charitable citizen recently.

19 Mayıs / / Center / Nebiyan Mountain
Nebiyan Mountain is 30 km to the center of the district and has a typical Black Sea upland view. In the area that is also called as Nebiyan Plateau, people can do auto climbing, tableland tourism, mountain climbing, trekking-climbing and photo safaris.

19 Mayıs / Yörükler Town / Yörükler Stone Bridge
The stone bridge in Kalaba Quarter of Yörükler Town is a 19th century Ottoman bridge. The significant amount of the bridge, which was built with stone material, is under the earth. It is flat-arched and one-eyed and was built from clean-cut stone.

19 Mayıs / Center / Wooden Mosque
It is on Fatih Boulevard. The mosque, which was completely built with wooden material, is in a garden on the cemetery field. The wooden mosque, which was built as single floor, is set upon large planks.