Çermik
Çermik (Armenian: Ջերմուկ, romanized: Jermuk, lit. 'hot springs';[2][3] Kurdish: Çermûk[4]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[5] Its area is 948 km2,[6] and its population is 49,644 (2022).[1] The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP),[7] and the current kaymakam is Vahit Yılmaz.[8]
Çermik | |
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District and municipality | |
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Coordinates: 38°08′14″N 39°27′04″E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Diyarbakır |
Government | |
• Mayor | Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu (AKP) |
Area | 948 km2 (366 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 49,644 |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) |
Postal code | 21600 |
Area code | 0412 |
Website | www |
Çermik got its name from its natural spa.[9] It was declared the Diyarbakir Thermal Tourism Center in October 1993.[10]
History
Within the Ottoman Empire, Cermik was within the Kurdish sanjaks of the Diyarbekir Eyelet.[11] In 1925 the town came shortly under control of the rebels loyal to Sheikh Said.[12]
Demographics
On the eve of the First World War, 12,418 Armenians lived in the kaza of Çermik: 2,000 in the center of Çermik and 10,000 in Çüngüş. They had five churches, one monastery and five schools. They were massacred during the Armenian genocide.[13]
The Jewish population left the town in 1948 when Israel was founded.[14]
Composition
There are 81 neighbourhoods in Çermik District:[15]
- Ağaçhan
- Akçörten
- Akkoyunlu
- Akpınar
- Alabuğday
- Alakoç
- Arabük
- Armağantaşı
- Armutlu
- Artuk
- Aşağışeyhler
- Aşağıtaşmalı
- Asmalık
- Aynalı
- Bademlik
- Bahçe
- Balıksırtı
- Başarı
- Bayat
- Bayırbağı
- Baykal
- Bayrak
- Bintaş
- Bircemal
- Bulundu
- Çalıtepe
- Ceylan
- Çukur
- Çukurelma
- Değirmenli
- Dikyol
- Dilekpınar
- Elifuşağı
- Eskibağ
- Genceli
- Göktepe
- Gözerek
- Güçlütaş
- Günaşan
- Gürüz
- Güzel
- Haburman
- İkiçeltik
- İncili
- Kalaç
- Kale
- Kalecik
- Karacaviran
- Karakaya
- Karamusa
- Karataş
- Kartaltaşı
- Kayagediği
- Keklik
- Kırmatepe
- Köksal
- Kömürcüler
- Konaklı
- Konuksever
- Korudağ
- Kuşlukçayırı
- Kuyuköy
- Örenkuyu
- Pamuklu
- Petekkaya
- Pınarlı
- Recep
- Saltepe
- Saray
- Sarıbalta
- Sarıca
- Şeyhandede
- Sinek
- Tepe
- Toplu
- Yabanardı
- Yayıklı
- Yaylacık
- Yeşilova
- Yiğitler
- Yoğun
Attractions
The baths in the area draw many visitors and tourists from Turkey, mostly of neighboring provinces.[10]
Main attractions are the Haburman Bridge, Çeteci Abdullah Pasha Madrasa, Ulu Cami (the Grand Mosque)[16] 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.[17]
Notable people
- Çeteci Abdullah Pasha, a former Vali of Diyarbakir.[16]
References
- "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- Hovannisian, Richard G., ed. (2006). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. p. 62.
....Armenian: Chermug, Chermuk, or Jermuk; Turkish: Chermik or Cermik).
- 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...
- Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- "Diyarbakır Çermik Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Diyarbakır Çermik Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- "Kaymakam Vahit Yılmaz". Çermik Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- 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.
- Baskaya, Zafer. "Assessing Çermik (Diyarbakir) Hot Springs In Relation With Geographical Factors And Potential Of Thermal Tourism". Turkish Studies.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Kaza Çermik / Jermuk - Ջերմուկ / Chermug". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- "Traditions, tastes, sounds, textures brought together by "Diyarbekirlilik"". Diyarbakir Hafizasi. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- Sinclair, T. A. (1989-12-31). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-907132-34-9.
- "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.