Ladik is a city of Samsun Province, Turkey on the site of the ancient Laodicea Pontica. The mayor is Selim ÖZBALCI(AKP).
Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea (Greek: Λαοδίκεια), also transliterated as Laodiceia and Laodikeia was a Hellenistic town in Pontus. The city was founded in the hills (altitude 1000 m) not far west of the lake Stiphane Limne, southwest of Amisus (modern Samsun).
Ladik or Lâdik may refer to one of several cities and towns in Turkey: