Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakatūria e Mustafa Kemal Atatürk te nekeneke ā-motu o Turiki ki ngā Hoia i Samsun i te 19 o Mei 1919, te rā e tohu ana i te tīmatanga o te Pakanga Motuhake o Turiki. Ko Atatürk, i tohua e te kawanatanga Ottoman hei Kaitirotiro mo te Ninth Army Troops Inspectorate o te Emepaea i te rawhiti o Anatolia, i wehe atu i Constantinople i runga i te 16 Mei rongonui inaianei mo Samsun. Hei utu mo te whakarongo ki nga whakahau a te kawanatanga Ottoman, i raro i te mana o nga Kaituku e noho ana, ko ia me etahi hoa i kii te timatanga o te nekehanga motu o Turkey. Ko te hua o tenei, ko te taupori Kariki o Samsun i whakawakia, i kohurutia, i peia
e ngā rōpū ture kore ture, e ai ki ngā māngai o te American Near East Relief. Heoi kaore i taea e enei roopu te mahi noa i Samsun pera i a raatau i te rohe tata o Merzifon me Bafra na te noho o te kaipuke Allied. I te whakamataku na te noho o nga kaipuke pakanga Kariki i te taha o Samsun, i whakahaerehia e te nekehanga a motu o Turkey te whakahekenga o nga Kariki 21,000 ki roto o Anatolia. Kātahi anō, i te tīmatanga o Hune 1922, ka whakaekehia te taone e te ope moana o nga Kaituku.