For a part of Balat neighborhood in the capital district Fatih, see Çarşamba, Istanbul. For the ship, see HMS Tattoo (J374). For the day named Çarşamba in Turkish, see Wednesday.
Çarşamba is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 774 km2,[3] and its population is 140,664 (2022).[1] It is in the center of the Çarşamba Plain. The mayor is Halit Doğan (AKP). Ferhan Şensoy - writer, actor and stage director - was born here.