Çarşamba
| Çarşamba | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Samsun | |||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 12 ' N , 36 ° 44' E | |||
| Height : | 17 m | |||
| Residents : | 58,966 (2008) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 362 | |||
| Postal code : | 55 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 55 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Mayor : | Halit Doğan ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Orta Mahalle Cumhuriyet Meydanı Çarşamba |
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| Çarşamba County | ||||
| Residents : | 138,290 (2008) | |||
| Surface: | 641 km² | |||
| Population density : | 216 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Nusret Şahin | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Çarşamba ( Turkish for "Wednesday") is a city in the Turkish province of Samsun .
It forms the center of the district of the same name , to which a total of 105 villages belong. The city is 33 km from the largest port city of the Black Sea, Samsun . The Yeşilırmak flows through the city and flows into the Black Sea as the Çarşamba Delta. The Çakmak dam is located in the southwest of the district .
Population numbers
According to the 2008 census, the city has 58,966 inhabitants out of a total of 138,290 inhabitants of the Çarşamba district. The rest of the citizens live in the rest of the villages and small towns. Çarşamba ranks 113th among the 850 districts (İlçe) of Turkey in terms of population.
history
Around 4,000 BC The area of today's Çarşamba was settled for the first time and was for a time ruled by the Hittites . 670 BC The city came under the rule of the Milesians and became part of the colony of Amisos ( Samsun ). In the 6th century BC the city was occupied by the Persians, 63 BC. It was incorporated into the Roman Empire. In the 11th century, Çarşamba was conquered by the Turkish Seljuks . In 1185 the Seljuk Sultan divided his empire into eleven regions for his eleven sons. Rüknettin Süleyman Şah got the region in which Çarşamba is also located. After the end of the Seljuk Empire , Çarşamba became the center of the Turkish Canik principality , which was led by five princes, of whom the Taceddinoğulları (sons of Taceddins) ruled Çarşamba and the surrounding area. In 1428 it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire and temporarily administered by Yörgüç Paşa, Hoca Ali Paşa, Hazinedaroğulları. In the 17th century there was a Christian quarter west of the river. Around 1847 the area around Samsun was separated from the province of Sivas and incorporated into the province of Trabzon. In 1870 Çarşamba was elevated to a city (kaza). At that time, the city had 32,153 men, 9,200 house families (one house or apartment per family) and 119 villages.
At the Turkish War of Liberation , a majority of young people took part. 1920 was Topal Osman Aga (Osman the Lame) commissioned to make the Greek and Armenian groups harmless in the mountains. After the safety of the townspeople was ensured, gradually more people immigrated to Çarşamba again.
In 1923 Çarşamba became a district (İlçe) of the newly founded Turkey. In 1925 a district administration was established.
Personalities
- Jack Nuri (Nuri Özkan), cabaret artist
- Sabri Sarıoğlu , football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 25, 2009
