Ataturk arriving in Samsun, 19th May 1919
(Ataturk) and his carefully selected staff left Constantinople (Istanbul) aboard SS Bandirma, an old steamer for Samsun on the evening of May 16, 1919. (Ataturk) stepped ashore on May 19 and set up his quarters in the Mintika Palace Hotel. After a week in Samsun, Mustafa Kemal and his staff moved to Havza, about 85 km (53 mi) inland. Wikipedia
