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Çarşamba is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 774 km 2, and its population is 140,664 (2022). It is in the center of the Çarşamba Plain. The mayor is Halit Doğan . Ferhan Şensoy - writer, actor and stage director - was born here.
The Çarşamba Plain, the ancient Themiscyra Plain (/ ˌ θ ɛ m ɪ ˈ s k ɪr ə /; Greek: Θεμίσκυρα 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 Thermodon) river. It is the largest delta plain on ...
Çarşamba (English: "Wednesday") is a small part of the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, close to the Fatih Mosque. It is one of the most conservative [citation needed] areas of the city.
- Introduction to Çarşamba
- Darüşşafaka High School
- Yavsi Baba Lodge Cemetery
- Sultan Cistern
- Cistern of Aspar
- Hırami Ahmed Pasha Mosque
Çarşamba is named after a town in the Black Sea region. According to Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682), the area was repopulated after the Fall of Constantinoplewith people from that town. Çarşamba also translates to Wednesday, which also happens to be the day the weekly neighborhood market takes place. The Wednesday Market is held around ...
A few blocks north of the Fatih Mosque is the former campus of Darüşşafaka High School(Darüşşafaka Lisesi). The building was completed in 1873 by Ottoman Armenian architect Hovhannes Kalfa and housed the prestigious high school until 1993. After that year, the school moved to Maslak. The building now houses the Mehmed the Conqueror Anatolian Imam H...
North of the school on Yavuz Selim Avenue is a strangely placed cemetery in the middle of the road. The cemetery used to belong to the Yavsi Baba Lodge, which no longer exists. Şeyh Yavsi (d. 1514) was the teacher of Sultan Bayezid II and father of Ebussuud Efendi (1490-1574), a Şeyhülislam (Shaykh al-Islam) under Süleyman the Magnificent. He’s not...
Just around the corner is the Sultan Cistern, which is an old Roman cistern that now holds weddings and other events. It dates back to the 4th century during the reign of Theodosius I. There are 28 columns inside, seven are granite and the rest are white marble. Restoration of the cistern began in 2000 and took 7 years. It was closed when I walked ...
The wide open space next to the Yavuz Selim Mosque was the Cistern of Aspar (Ἂσπαρος κινστέρνη / Sultan Selim Çukurbostanı). It was built by Flavius Ardabur Aspar (400-471), the general of a Germanic army serving the Roman Empire. Construction on the open-air cistern started in the middle of the 5th century under Emperor Marcian and it sat near the...
Finally, walking towards the Pammakaristos Church(Fethiye Museum), is the Hırami Ahmed Pasha Mosque (Hırami Ahmed Paşa Mescidi). This tiny building was actually a Byzantine church, St. John the Forerunner by the Dome (Ἃγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος ἐν τῷ Τρούλλῳ). It’s the smallest Byzantine church in Istanbul still standing and dates back to the 12th c...
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Dec 20, 2018 · Also known as Wednesday market (Çarşamba Pazarı) because it opens on Wednesday of every week. Al Fateh Market is located in the historic Al Fateh area on the back of Fatih Mousque, in the European section of Istanbul. Al Fateh Market consists of 7 main streets and 17 secondary streets.
Samsun is situated between two river deltas jutting out into the Back Sea, north of Turkey. West of the town the Kizilirmark (the Red River), one of the longest rivers of Anatolia, produced its fertile delta.
