Çermik

Çermik

Çermik

District and municipality in Diyarbakır, Turkey

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]

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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]

Climate

Çermik has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa)[16] with very hot, dry summers and cool, wet, occasionally snowy winters.[17]

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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)[19] 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.[20]

Notable people

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    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...
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    "Kaymakam Vahit Yılmaz". Çermik Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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    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.
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    Baskaya, Zafer. "Assessing Çermik (Diyarbakir) Hot Springs In Relation With Geographical Factors And Potential Of Thermal Tourism". Turkish Studies.
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    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.
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    "Kaza Çermik / Jermuk - Ջերմուկ / Chermug". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
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    "Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı" (PDF). MGM.
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    "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Çermik". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
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    Sinclair, T. A. (1989-12-31). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-907132-34-9.
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    "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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