Çarşamba is a municipality and
district
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of
Samsun Province
Samsun Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2, and its population is 1,368,488 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasy ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 774 km
2, and its population is 140,664 (2022).
It is in the center of the
Çarşamba Plain
The Çarşamba Plain, the ancient Themiscyra Plain (; ''Themiskyra''), is a plain on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, formed largely of the delta of the Yeşilırmak river (ancient Iris), but also traversed by the much smaller Terme (ancient Ther ...
. The mayor is Hüseyin Dündar (
Independent
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Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
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).
Ferhan Åžensoy
Osman Ferhan Şensoy (26 February 1951 – 31 August 2021) was a Turkish actor, playwright and director.
Private life
Şensoy was born in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province in northern Turkey on 26 February 1951. After attending Galatasaray ...
- writer, actor and stage director - was born here.
The town is bisected by the
Yeşilırmak river Yeşilırmak (literally "green river") is a Turkish place name that may refer to several things:
* Yeşilırmak (river), a river in northern Turkey
*Elif Jale Yeşilırmak
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava (), (born July 30, 1 ...
running south-to-north and by the
Black Sea Coastal Road (D010) which runs west-to-east. There is a sugar factory in Çarşamba district.
Composition
There are 143
neighbourhoods
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in Çarşamba District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Acıklı
* Ağcagüney
* Ahubaba
* Akçaltı
* Akçatarla
* Akkuzulu
* Ali Fuat BaÅŸgil
* Alibeyli
* Allı
* Arımköseli
* Aşağıdikencik
* Aşağıdonurlu
* Aşağıesenli
* Aşağıkavacık
* Aşağımusalla
* Aşağıturgutlu
* Aşıklı
* Ataköy
* Bafracalı
* Bahçelievler
* Bayramlı
* Beylerce
* Beyyenice
* Bezirgan
* Bölmeçayırı
* Boyacılı
* Çaltı
* Çamlıca
* Canlı
* Çatak
* Çay
* Çayvar
* Çelikli
* Çerçiler
* Çınarlık
* Cumhuriyet
* Dalbahçe
* DamlataÅŸ
* Demirarslan
* Demircili
* Demirli
* Denizler
* Deyincek
* Dikbıyık
* Durakbaşı
* Durusu
* EÄŸercili
* EÄŸridere
* EÄŸrikum
* Epçeli
* Esençay
* Esentepe
* Gazi
* Gökçeçakmak
* Gökçeli
* Güldere
* Gülören
* Gülyazı
* Güneşli
* Güzpınar
* Hacılıçay
* Hasbahçe
* Helvacalı
* Hürriyet
* Irmaksırtı
* Ä°stiklal
* Kabaceviz
* Karaağaç
* Karabahçe
* Karacalı
* Karakaya
* Karakulak
* Karamustafalı
* Kaydan
* Kemer
* Kestanepınar
* Kirazbucağı
* Kirazlıkçay
* Kızılot
* Kocakavak
* Köklük
* Koldere
* Konukluk
* Köroğlu
* Kumköy
* Kumtepe
* Kurtahmetli
* KurtuluÅŸ
* Kürtün
* Kuşçulu
* KuÅŸhane
* Mahmutlu
* Melik
* Musçalı
* Namazlı
* Ömerli
* Ordubaşı
* Orduköy
* Orta
* Otluk
* Ovacık
* Oymalı
* Paşayazı
* Porsuk
* Sahilköy
* Saraçlı
* Sarıcalı
* Sefalı
* Selimiye
* Åženyurt
* Şeyhgüven
* Åžeyhhabil
* Sığırtmaç
* SoÄŸucak
* SuÄŸluca
* Sungurlu
* TaÅŸdemir
* Tatarlı
* Tilkili
* Turgutlu
* Üçköprü
* Uluköy
* Ulupınar
* Umut
* Ustacalı
* Uzunlu
* Vakıfköprü
* Yağcılar
* Yalı
* Yamanlı
* Yenikaracalı
* Yenikışla
* Yeniköseli
* YeÅŸildere
* Yeşilırmak
* YeÅŸilova
* Yukarı Ağcagüney
* Yukarıdikencik
* Yukarıdonurlu
* Yukarıesenli
* Yukarıkarabahçe
* Yukarıkavacık
* Zümrüt
See also
*Göğceli Mosque
Göğceli Mosque () is a historic log mosque situated inside the Göğceli Cemetery in Çarşamba, Samsun, northern Turkey. Built during the Seljuk Empire period in the 13th century, the log mosque was constructed without the use of nails.
Mosq ...
, Seljuk Empire era log mosque in Göğceli Cemetery
References
External links
Çarşamba municipality's official website
Populated places in Samsun Province
Districts of Samsun Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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