Albanian immigrants from Kosovo settled around Bafra. Albanian has been forgotten by most Albanians, it is spoken only in villages among the elderly. In recent decades Bafra became a region defined by out-migration of the local population, political dysfunction and a decades long economic malaise caused by the decline of the tobacco industry and deindustrialization. Geography Bafra is located in the western portion of Samsun Province. The city is 52 km northwest of Samsun City Center and neighboring Atakum. The town directly to the east of Bafra is Ondokuzmayıs, the northern edge of the city is bounded by the Black Sea, to the west is Alçam and to the south Kavak, Havza and Vezirköprü. Its area is 175,000 hectares of which most is devoted to agricultural uses. Bafra sits in the Bafra Plain which is set in the Kızılırmak delta. To the south of the city are the Küre Mountains. The highest of these nearby mountains is Mount Nebiyan with an elevation of 1224 m. The Küre Mountains mountains are the extensions of the Canik Mountains. The Kızılırmak River is Bafra's largest and Turkey's longest river. The river reaches the plain by crossing these mountains through a deep valley. The Bafra Plain was formed entirely by the sediment from the Kızılırmak River. The length of Kızılırmak is 1151 km. It river originates from Kızıl Mountain in Sivas and draws a wide arc through Central Anatolia before meeting the Black Sea north of Bafra. The rainy season in the region is between April and July during which floods are a common occurrence. Climate The prevailing winds in the district differ according to the season. In summer, a local high pressure center occurs in the Black Sea Region and a local low pressure center occurs in Anatolia. This causes the winds flowing from the Black Sea to collide, often causing storms and heavy rains. In winter, Bafra primarily gets dry and hot winds blowing from the southwest and south which reduce humidity and lead to temperate conditions. Bafra is a relatively humid region with an average annual metric of 73%. This figure is higher in late Spring and early Summer and lower in Winter. Bafra's rainiest season is November and its driest is May. Bafra gets an average of 700 mm of rain annually and records an average 100 rainy days a year. Politics Bafra is historically a very religiously and politically