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    Çermik

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    Çermik
    Çermik is located in Turkey
    Çermik
    Çermik
    Coordinates: 38°08′14″N 39°27′04″E / 38.13722°N 39.45111°E / 38.13722; 39.45111
    Country Turkey
    ProvinceDiyarbakır
    Government
     • MayorŞehmus Karamehmetoğlu (AKP)
     • KaymakamNazlı Demir
    Area
    [1]
     • District986.78 km2 (381.00 sq mi)
    Population
     (2021)
     • Total50,390
     • District
    		50,309
     • District density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
    Post code
    21600
    Websitewww.cermik.bel.tr

    Çermik (Armenian: Ջերմուկ, romanized: Jermuk, lit. 'hot springs';[2][3] Kurdish: Çermûk[4]) is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. The population is 50,390 as of 2021.[5] The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP),[6] and the current Kaymakam is Nazlı Demir.[7]

    Çermik got its name from its natural spa.[8] It was declared the Diyarbakir Thermal Tourism Center in October 1993.[9]

    History[edit]

    Within the Ottoman Empire, Cermik was within the Kurdish sanjaks of the Diyarbekir Eyelet.[10] In 1925 the town came shortly under control of the rebels loyal to Sheikh Said.[11] The Jewish population left the town in 1948 when Israel was founded.[12]

    Attractions[edit]

    The baths in the area draw many visitors and tourists from Turkey, mostly of neighboring provinces.[9]

    Main attractions are the Haburman Bridge, Çeteci Abdullah Pasha Madrasa, Ulu Cami (the Grand Mosque)[13] the Bandeler Fountain (Bandeler Çesmesi) and the Gelincik Dağı ( Mountain of Gelincik) The town also counts with a Synagogue which dates back to the 1416, but it is not in use.[14]

    Notable people[edit]

    • Çeteci Abdullah Pasha, a former Vali of Diyarbakir.[13]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
    2. ^ Hovannisian, Richard G., ed. (2006). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. p. 62. ....Armenian: Chermug, Chermuk, or Jermuk; Turkish: Chermik or Cermik).
    3. ^ Kévorkian, Raymond H. (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. London: I. B. Tauris. p. 369. ISBN 9781848855618. ...in the administrative seat, Chermug ("Hot Springs"), with an Armenian population...
    4. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
    5. ^ "ÇERMİK NÜFUSU, DİYARBAKIR". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    6. ^ "Diyarbakır Çermik Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Diyarbakır Çermik Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
    7. ^ "Kaymakam Nazlı Demir". www.cermik.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
    8. ^ Walker, Warren S.; Lindahl, Carl (2014-02-04). A Turkish Folktale: The Art of Behet Mahir. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-317-77728-1.
    9. ^ a b Baskaya, Zafer. "Assessing Çermik (Diyarbakir) Hot Springs In Relation With Geographical Factors And Potential Of Thermal Tourism". Turkish Studies.
    10. ^ Ozoglu, Hakan (1996). "State-Tribe Relations: Kurdish Tribalism in the 16th- and 17th-Century Ottoman Empire". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 23 (1): 22. ISSN 1353-0194. JSTOR 195817.
    11. ^ Bak, János M. (1984). Religion and Rural Revolt: Papers Presented to the Fourth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Peasant Studies, University of British Columbia, 1982. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-0990-7.
    12. ^ "Traditions, tastes, sounds, textures brought together by "Diyarbekirlilik"". Diyarbakir Hafizasi. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
    13. ^ a b Sinclair, T. A. (1989-12-31). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-907132-34-9.
    14. ^ "Turkey: concern raised over the state of the neglected, centuries-old former synagogue the town of Çermik, near Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey". Jewish Heritage Europe. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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