Çermik

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
Çermik is located in Turkey
Çermik
Çermik
Coordinates: 38°08′14″N 39°27′04″E
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 got its name from its natural spa.[8] It was declared the Diyarbakir Thermal Tourism Center in October 1993.[9]

History

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

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

References
  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. 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. 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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