@article{2011,title={Pontus Gangs Activities and Government Applications in and Around Samsun},abstractNode={Ottoman Empire has considerably struggled with the matter of minorities in the political area since the second half of the 19th century. Moreover, this matter has continued until Treaty of Lausanne. An artificial problem of Pontus was created in Ottoman Empire by influences of especially French Revolution and the great powers that had aspirations on Ottoman Empire. However, there is no relationship between the Pontus State in the history and the Pontus State which is put forth and desired to be carried out. In the 19th century, Ottoman Empire, which was multilateral, multi-religious and multicultural, had entered the duration of disintegration because of the effect of both internal and external forces due to the property of the age. While the minorities in the Ottoman Empire were gradually splitting from it by the supports of the big nations, the Greeks lived together with the Turks in the Anatolia for centuries started to imagine establishing a Pontus State ranging from the west of İnebolu to Batum. They chose Samsun as the capital city of the state. Therefore, they started to gang activities in and around Samsun. The religious men have active roles in provoking these gangs. Against all of these, by taking various precautions, Ottoman Empire tried to stop these destructive and cruel activities against the Muslim community.},author={Pelin İSKENDER KILIÇ},year={2011},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}