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Çermik (; ) is a municipality and
district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province (; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Its area is 15,101 km2, and its population is 1,804,880 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The Kurdish majority province ...
,
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 948 km2, and its population is 49,644 (2022). The mayor is Åžehmus KaramehmetoÄŸlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and the current
kaymakam Kaymakam, also known by #Names, many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been reta ...
is Vahit Yılmaz. Çermik got its name from its natural spa. It was declared the Diyarbakir Thermal Tourism Center in October 1993.


History

Within the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, Çermik was within the Kurdish
sanjaks A sanjak or sancak (, , "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans also sometimes called the sanjak a liva (, ) from the name's calque in Arabic and Persian. Banners were a common organization of nomad ...
of the Diyarbekir Eyelet. In 1925 the town came shortly under control of the
rebels A rebel is a participant in a rebellion. Rebel or rebels may also refer to: People * Rebel (given name) * Rebel (surname) * Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution * American Southerners, as a form of self-identification; ...
loyal to
Sheikh Said Sheikh Said (; – 29 June 1925) was a Zaza Kurd religious leader, one of the leading sheikhs of the Naqshbandi order and the head of the Sheikh Said rebellion. He was born around 1865 in Hınıs or Palu, into an influential family of the N ...
.


Demographics

On the eve of the First World War, 12,418 Armenians lived in the
kaza A kaza (, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. It is also discussed in English under the names district, subdistrict, and juridical district. Kazas co ...
of Çermik: 2,000 in the center of Çermik and 10,000 in
Çüngüş Çüngüş (, , ) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 512 km2, and its population is 10,720 (2022). Çüngüş was an Armenian bishopric an Armenian Church was constructed in 1841. It was a large and fl ...
. They had five churches, one monastery and five schools. They were massacred during the
Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...
. The
Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
population left the town in 1948 when
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
was founded.


Composition

There are 81
neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Çermik District: * Ağaçhan * Akçörten *
Akkoyunlu Akkoyunlu can refer to: * Akkoyunlu, Başmakçı * Akkoyunlu, Çermik * Akkoyunlu, Çobanlar * the Turkish name for Aq Qoyunlu The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans (, ; ) was a culturally Persianate society, Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''M ...
* Akpınar * Alabuğday * Alakoç * Arabük * Armağantaşı * Armutlu *
Artuk Artuk can refer to: * Artuk Bey ** Artuk Bey (fictional character) Zaheer-ul-Daulah Artuk Beg, known as Artuk Bey, was a Turkish people, Turkish commander of the Seljuk Empire in the 11th century, chief of the Oghuz Turks, Oghuz tribe of Döğe ...
* Aşağışeyhler * Aşağıtaşmalı * Asmalık * Aynalı * Bademlik *
Bahçe Bahçe (literally "garden") is a Turkish place name that may refer to the following places in Turkey: * Bahçe, Bismil * Bahçe, Horasan * Bahçe, Osmaniye, a rural district and town of Osmaniye Province * Bahçe, Karataş, a village in the dis ...
* Balıksırtı * Başarı * Bayat * Bayırbağı * Baykal *
Bayrak Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (; BRT, ''Bayrak'' means ''flag'' or ''banner'' in Turkish), is the official radio and television broadcasting corporation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It operates BRT1 and BRT2. Histo ...
* Bintaş * Bircemal * Bulundu * Çalıtepe * Ceylan * Çukur * Çukurelma * Değirmenli * Dikyol * Dilekpınar * Elifuşağı * Eskibağ * Genceli *
Göktepe Göktepe (former ''Fariske'') is a town (''belde'') in the Sarıveliler District, Karaman Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,051 (2022). Geography Göktepe is a mountain town in the Toros Mountains with an altitude of about . Göktepe is qu ...
* Gözerek * Güçlütaş * Günaşan * Gürüz * Güzel * Haburman * İkiçeltik * İncili * Kalaç * Kale *
Kalecik Kalecik may refer to: Places *Kalecik, Ankara in Turkey *Kalecik, Çermik *Kalecik, Eğil *Kalecik, Erzincan *Kalecik, Hınıs *Kalecik, Karakoçan *Kalecik, Mecitözü *Kalecik, Tercan *Kalecik Dam (Elazığ), a dam in Elazığ Province of Turkey ...
* Karacaviran * Karakaya * Karamusa *
KarataÅŸ KarataÅŸ (Turkish language, Turkish for ''black stone'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 862 km2, and its population is 23,499 (2022). The town itself has 10,293 inhabitants. It is o ...
* 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 Yeşilova is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast E ...
* YiÄŸitler * YoÄŸun


Climate

Çermik has a
Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''Csa'') with very hot, dry summers and cool, wet, occasionally snowy winters.


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) the Bandeler Fountain (''Bandeler Çesmesi'') and the ''Gelincik Dağı'' ( Mountain of Gelincik) The town also counts with a
Synagogue A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as wed ...
which dates back to the 1416, but it is not in use.


Notable people

* Çeteci Abdullah Pasha, Ottoman statesman. *
Ziya Gökalp Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (born Mehmed Ziya, 23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen ...
, poer and sociologist


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cermik Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province Populated places in Diyarbakır Province Districts of Diyarbakır Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey Former Armenian communities in Diyarbakır Province Former Jewish communities in Turkey