@article{2013,title={ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRAPHY ANALYSIS OF VEZIRKÖPRÜ TOWN},abstractNode={ABSTRACT:Vezirköprü whose history goes back to Hittite period (2000 B.C-700 B.C.) and situated in the Middle Blacksea Region is a town of Samsun.Vezirköprü, situated in the south part of the Isfendiyar mountains which lies through the east, is surrounded by Alaçam and Durağan in the North, Bafra in the northeast, Havza in the east, Osmancık in the southwest and Saraydüzü in the west. Vezirköprü ,which is the town of a noble family in the Ottoman Period with the name ‘Köprülüler’, has a population of 102.212 in the 2012 population census where 28.807 of the people live in the town center.Vezirköprü has the largest propotion with 1.713 km2 within Samsun city with 9.475km2. It has the most village in Turkey with 139 administrative units. Up to 2007, the population in the villages increased continuously whereas the population decreased in the town center. After 2007, the population decreased in the villages while increased in the town center. The medrese education system in Vezirköprü was very strong and old in 1884 with eight primary schools whose educations based on religious subjects.This education system based on religious beliefs still exists in the villages and it helps the people have large families. },author={Asım ÇOBAN},year={2013},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}