Ferhan Şensoy - writer, actor and stage director - was born here.
A channel of the Çarşamba river once flowed between the two mounds, and the settlement was built on alluvial clay which may have been favourable for early agriculture.
Hakan Öztekin of Çarşamba claimed responsibility for making the video clip.
Kumarlı, Çarşamba, a village in the district of Çarşamba, Samsun Province, Turkey
The Samsun–Çarşamba Railway Line (Turkish:Samsun-Çarşamba Demiyol Hattı) is a 37 km long narrow gauge railway route from Samsun to Çarşamba.
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In 1924 the Nemli Zade family a 75 year concession to build a 750mm gauge railway line from Alacam through Bafra, Samsun, Çarşamba to Terme.
Çarşamba is famous with bearded men in heavy coats, the traditional baggy 'shalwar' trousers and Islamic turban; while women dressed in full black gowns are a common sight as this area is popular with members of the Naqshbandi Sufi order affiliated to a Sheikh.