Azdavay (formerly: Çarşamba) is a town in the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.

[3] Archaeological findings hint that history of Azdavay reaches back to the Paphlagonians in 8th century BC.

The region was dominated by the Hittites, Lydians, Persians, Hellenes, Pontus, Bithynians, Romans and the Byzantines in conjunction with the general historical timeline of the Kastamonu province.

After the proclamation of the Turkish republic, Azdavay was made a district in 1946, although by the secession of the towns Ağlı and Pınarbaşı in 1988, its population and land area largely decreased.

Mining industry, ready-made textile manufacturing, forestry, livestock and some agriculture.