Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, the municipal government organization that promotes the work of the province. Historical Cities Union.

Samsun Municipality of the establishment of the Ottoman Empire with the principles of the law-it received as a result of the westernization movement has been with the modern municipal system implementation decision. During this period, a town of Samsun Canik ensign, was ruled by mayors appointed from Istanbul. Samsun Sehremaneti, while being guided in this way until 1893, the mayor has come to power with the election of the public for the first time in 1893.