Vezirköprü is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,674 km2, and its population is 90,308 (2022). It is named after the Ottoman Albanian grand vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.
History At the breakup of Alexander the Great's empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the kingdom of Pontus with its capital at Amaseia (Amasya), later at Sinope (Sinop). When the last king Mithradates VI was defeated by the Romans, Pompey the Great founded a "new city", Neapolis (), which later changed its name to Neoklaudioupolis (Νεοκλαυδιούπολις) or Neoclaudiopolis in Latin, the forerunner of modern Vezirköprü. In late antiquity, the town returned to its original name, Andrapa (Ἄνδραπα), and became a bishopric. It also minted coins bearing the dates and effigies of Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, and Caracalla.
Its bishop Paralius was at the Council of Ephesus (431) and sent his deacon Eucharius to represent him at the Council of Chalcedon (451). Paulus was one of the signatories of the letter by which the bishops of the Roman province of Helenopontus, to which Andrapa belonged, protested to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 about the killing of Proterius of Alexandria. Ioannes was at the Third Council of Constantinople (680), Sergius at the Trullan Council (692). Theodorus was represented at the Second Council of Nicaea (787) by his deacon Marinus. Antonius took part in the Photian Council of Constantinople (879).Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 539-540Sophrone Pétridès, v. Andrapa, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. II, Paris 1914, coll. 1597-1598
No longer a residential bishopric, Andrapa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 833
Composition There are 161 neighbourhoods in Vezirköprü District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Abdülgani Adatepe Ağcaalan Ağcayazı Ahmetbaba Akören Alanbaşı Alancık Alanköy Alanşeyhi Altınkaya Arıca Atatürk Avdan Aydınlı Aydoğdu Ayvalı Bahçekonak Bahçelievler Bahçesaray Bakla Başalan Başfakı Bayramköy Bektaş Belalan Beşpınar Boğaköy Boğazkoru Boruk Burhaniye Büyükkale Çakırtaş Çalköy Çalman Çaltı Çamlıca Çamlıdere Çamlıkonak Çanaklı Çayırbaşı Cebeli Çekalan Çekmeden Çeltek Çorakdere Cumhuriyet Darıçayalanı Darıçay Değirmenbaşı Devalan Doyran Duruçay Elaldı Elbeyi Elmalı Esen Esentepe Esenyurt Fazıl Ahmet Paşa Göl Göl Yeni Göllüalan Gömlekhisar Güder Güldere Habibfakı Hacılı Halilbaba Halkahavlı Hayranlı Hıdırlık İmircik İncesu İnkaya Kabalı Kadıçayırı Kadıoğlu Kapaklı Kapaklıeşme Kaplancık Karabük Karacaören Karadoruk Karaköy Karanar Karapınar Karkucak Karlı Kavakpınarı Kılıçgüney Kıranalan Kıratbükü Kırma Kızılcakoru Kızılcaören Kızılkese Kocakaya Köprübaşı Kovalı Küçükkale Kületek Kumral Kuruçay Kuşçular Kuyaş Kuyumcu Mahmatlı Mehmetpaşa Melikli Meşeli Mezraa Nalbantlı Narlısaray Öğürlü Örencik Ortacamii Ortaköy Oruç Ovacık Oymaağaç Özesentepe Özgüney Özkuruçay Özyörük Paşaköy Pazarcı Samukalan Samur Saraycık Saraylı Sarıalan Sarıdibek Sarıyar Şentepe Sırbaşmak Sofular Soğucak Susuz Tabakhane Tahtaköprü Taşkale Taşlıyük Tatarkale Teberük Tekkekıranı Tepeören Tikenli Türkmen Yağcı Yağınözü Yarbaşı Yeni Yeniçelik Yenidüzce Yeşilada Yeşiltepe Yolpınar Yukarınarlı Yurtdağı Yürükçal
Literature
Bekker-Nielsen, T., R. Czichon, C. Høgel, B. Kıvrak, J.M. Madsen, V. Sauer, S.L. Sørensen & K. Winther-Jacobsen 2015. Ancient Neoklaudiopolis (Vezirköprü in Samsun Province): A Historical and Archaeological Guide. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
External links Vezirköprü Information Page Vezirköprü Municipality Vezirköprü (Turkish) University of Southern Denmark
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