Çermik Explained

Type:metro district
Çermik
Coordinates:38.1372°N 39.4511°W
Province:Diyarbakır
Leader Party:AKP
Leader Name:Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu
Area Total Km2:948
Population Total:49644
Population As Of:2022
Postal Code:21600
Area Code:0412

Çermik (Armenian: Ջերմուկ|lit=hot springs|Jermuk;[1] [2] Kurdish: Çermûk[3]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 948 km2,[5] and its population is 49,644 (2022).[6] The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP),[7] and the current kaymakam is Vahit Yılmaz.[8]

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, Çermik 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]

Attractions

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

Main attractions are the Haburman Bridge, Çeteci Abdullah Pasha Madrasa, Ulu Cami (the Grand Mosque)[18] 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.[19]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hovannisian. Richard G.. Richard G. Hovannisian. Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. 2006. Mazda Publishers. 62. ....Armenian: Chermug, Chermuk, or Jermuk; Turkish: Chermik or Cermik)..
  2. Book: Kévorkian, Raymond H.. The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. limited. 2011. I. B. Tauris. London. 9781848855618. Raymond Kévorkian. 369. ...in the administrative seat, Chermug (“Hot Springs”), with an Armenian population....
  3. Book: Adem Avcıkıran . Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî . 2009 . 55 . 17 December 2019 . tr, ku.
  4. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
  5. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
  6. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  7. Web site: Diyarbakır Çermik Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Diyarbakır Çermik Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. secim.haberler.com. tr-TR. 2020-03-22.
  8. Web site: Kaymakam Vahit Yılmaz. Çermik Kaymakamlığı. 25 August 2023.
  9. Book: Walker . Warren S. . A Turkish Folktale: The Art of Behet Mahir . Lindahl . Carl . 2014-02-04 . . 978-1-317-77728-1 . 95 . en.
  10. Web site: Baskaya . Zafer . Assessing Çermik (Diyarbakir) Hot Springs In Relation With Geographical Factors And Potential Of Thermal Tourism . Turkish Studies.
  11. 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 . 195817 . 1353-0194.
  12. Book: Bak, János M. . Religion and Rural Revolt: Papers Presented to the Fourth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Peasant Studies, University of British Columbia, 1982 . 1984 . Manchester University Press . 978-0-7190-0990-7 . en.
  13. Web site: Kaza Çermik / Jermuk - Ջերմուկ / Chermug . 2023-09-18 . Virtual Genocide Memorial . en-US.
  14. Web site: Traditions, tastes, sounds, textures brought together by "Diyarbekirlilik" . 2022-07-12 . Diyarbakir Hafizasi . en-US.
  15. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
  16. Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. . Nature: Scientific Data . en.
  17. Web site: Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı . MGM.
  18. Book: Sinclair, T. A.. Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. 1989-12-31. Pindar Press. 978-0-907132-34-9. 260. en.
  19. Web site: 2021-02-04 . Turkey: concern raised over the state of the neglected, centuries-old former synagogue the town of Çermik, near Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey . 2022-07-12 . Jewish Heritage Europe . en-US.

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