Lâdik


Ladik is a city of Samsun Province, Turkey on the site of the ancient Laodicea Pontica. The mayor is Selim Özbalci.

History

Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea, also transliterated as Laodíceia and Laodíkeia was a Hellenistic town in Pontus. The city was founded in the hills not far west of the lake Stiphane Limne, southwest of Amisus.