Yakakent is a central town of Yakakent district of Samsun Province of Turkey. Older name was Gümenos. History Yakakent was founded in the second century BC. Its name was Cominus under byzantian rule. The city grew with the advent if migrants from Caucasia during the Russian - Ottoman war and from [[Salonica]9. It has become a sub - prefecture in 1991. Geography Yakakent is on the provincial borders between Samsun and Sinop and bordered by Black Sea, Alaçam, Canik mountains and Ger… (More on Yakakent)