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{{Infobox Turkey place

| type = metro district

| name = Terme

| image_skyline = Terme_Turkey.jpg

| image_caption = Bus station of Terme

| image_map = Terme District Location in Samsun Province.png

| map_caption = Map showing Terme District in Samsun Province

| coordinates = {{coord|41|12|33|N|36|58|26|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| province = Samsun

| leader_party = AKP

| leader_name = Ali Kılıç

| leader_name1 =

| area_total_km2 = 548

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 71092

| population_as_of = 2022

| postal_code = 55600

| area_code = 0362

| website = {{url|http://www.terme.bel.tr/}}

| blank1_name = Climate

| blank1_info = Cfa

}}

Terme (formerly spelled Termeh; Ancient Greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 548 km²,{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}} and its population is 71,092 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain.

Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα.{{Barrington|87 & notes}}

Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the Amazons, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the Samsun region.{{cite web |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=212625 |title=Village of Amazons to be recreated in Samsun park - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news |access-date=2014-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201214800/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=212625 |archive-date=2014-02-01 }}