Çermik ( hy, Ջերմուկ, lit=hot springs, Jermuk; ku, Çermûk) is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. The population is 50,390 as of 2021. The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the

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(AKP), and the current Kaymakam is Nazlı Demir. Çermik got its name from its natural spa. It was declared the Diyarbakir Thermal Tourism Center in October 1993.

History

Within the Ottoman Empire, Cermik was within the Kurdish sanjaks of the Diyarbekir Eyelet. In 1925 the town came shortly under control of the

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loyal to Sheikh Said. The Jewish population left the town in 1948 when Israel was founded.

Attractions

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

Haburman Bridge Haburman Bridge, also known as Çermik Bridge, ( tr, Haburman Köprüsü or ''Çermik Köprüsü'') is a historic bridge in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey. The bridge is in Çermik ilçe (district) of Diyarbakır Province. It is built o ...

, 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

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which dates back to the 1416, but it is not in use.

Notable people

Çeteci Abdullah Pasha Çeteci Abdullah Pasha ibn Ibrahim al-Husayni al-Jarmaki (also known as Abdullah Pasha al-Jatahji) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman. He served terms as the governor of Sivas Eyalet, Sivas, Diyarbekir Eyalet, Diyarbekir, Rakka Eyalet, Rakka, ...

, a former Vali of Diyarbakir.

References

Kurdish settlements in Turkey Populated places in Diyarbakır Province Towns in Turkey {{Diyarbakır-geo-stub