Samsunspor, which was established in 1927 and became a professional club in 1965, had a basketball branch according to the information provided in its registration document.

[2] In 1967, the basketball team, composed almost entirely of the squad from 19 Mayıs High School, started playing their home matches at Yaşar Doğu Sports Hall, which was opened the same year.

They also successfully completed the promotion matches in Bolu, earning a place in the Turkish Basketball First League for the first time.

[4] The starting lineup consisting of Tansev Mıhçıoğlu, İsmet Badem, Cudi İmamoğulları, İren İmre, and Yalçın Gürpınar played a key role in winning this championship.

However, the club began to face financial difficulties following this success and couldn't pay the players' salaries.

Due to insufficient infrastructure, the team had to relinquish its right to promotion to the Turkish Basketball First League in the 2001–02 season.

[3] However, in the 2004–05 season, thanks to İsmail Uyanık's personal efforts, they managed to regain promotion to the Turkish Basketball First League.

[6] Unfortunately, despite participating in the fixture draw and having Panasonic as their name sponsor, the team decided to withdraw from the league due to insufficient support from the new management after İsmail Uyanık stepped down as president.