Haburman Bridge, also known as Çermik Bridge, ( or ''Çermik Köprüsü'') is a historic bridge in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey.
The bridge is in
Çermik ilçe
The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''.
Most provinces bear the s ...
(district) of
Diyarbakır Province. It is built over Sinek creek which is a tributary of
Fırat River (Euphrates).
According to the inscription of the bridge it was commissioned by Zübeyde Hatun (princess) of
Artuqids
The Artuqid dynasty (alternatively Artukid, Ortoqid, or Ortokid; Old Anatolian Turkish: , , plural, pl. ; ; ) was established in 1102 as a Turkish people, Turkish Anatolian beyliks, Anatolian Beylik (Principality) of the Seljuk Empire. It formed a ...
in 1179. She was the daughter of Necmettin Alpi of the Mardin branch.
[Fügen İlter'':Osmanlılara Kadar Anadolu Türk Köprüleri,'' TCK yayınları, Ankara, 1978, p. 77.] It was restored in 1927. In 2010, after the construction of a new bridge the bridge was closed to the vehicle traffic.
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The total length of the bridge is and the width of the road is . There is no parapet. The width of the main arch is . Its height is . There are two auxiliary arches (for discharging) on each side. They are and wide.[ Main construction material is limestone. In certain parts brick has also been used.][
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{{Bridges in Turkey
Bridges in Diyarbakır
Stone bridges in Turkey
Bridges completed in the 12th century
Artuqids
Arch bridges in Turkey
Çermik
Buildings and structures completed in 1179