Çermik | |
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District and
municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°08′14″N 39°27′04″E / 38.13722°N 39.45111°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Diyarbakır |
Government | |
• Mayor | Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu ( AKP) |
Area | 948 km2 (366 sq mi) |
Population (2022)
[1] | 49,644 |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Postal code | 21600 |
Area code | 0412 |
Website |
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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]
Çermik got its name from its natural spa. [9] It was declared the Diyarbakir Thermal Tourism Center in October 1993. [10]
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]
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]
There are 81 neighbourhoods in Çermik District: [15]
Çermik has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen: Csa) [16] with very hot, dry summers and cool, wet, occasionally snowy winters. [17]
Climate data for Çermik (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
33.8 (92.8) |
38.6 (101.5) |
38.7 (101.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 124.92 (4.92) |
102.08 (4.02) |
95.63 (3.76) |
77.8 (3.06) |
49.11 (1.93) |
11.66 (0.46) |
1.56 (0.06) |
1.69 (0.07) |
7.1 (0.28) |
47.57 (1.87) |
75.27 (2.96) |
129.12 (5.08) |
723.51 (28.48) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 69.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 71.0 | 68.3 | 62.7 | 61.0 | 55.1 | 38.3 | 30.7 | 32.0 | 37.5 | 52.5 | 64.7 | 72.4 | 53.8 |
Source: NOAA [18] |
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]
....Armenian: Chermug, Chermuk, or Jermuk; Turkish: Chermik or Cermik).
...in the administrative seat, Chermug ("Hot Springs"), with an Armenian population...