Çermik (Armenian: Ջերմուկ, romanized: Jermuk, lit. 'hot springs';[2][3] Kurdish: Çermûk[4]) is a municipality and districtofDiyarbakır 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
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District and municipality
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Map showing Çermik District in Diyarbakır Province
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  Çermik Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°08′14″N 39°27′04″E / 38.13722°N 39.45111°E / 38.13722; 39.45111 | |
| 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
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| Area code | 0412 |
| Website | www |
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, 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]
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...