Ermenek

Ermenek
District

Location of Ermenek within Turkey.
Ermenek

Location of Ermenek within Turkey.

Coordinates: 36°38′N 32°53′E / 36.633°N 32.883°E / 36.633; 32.883
Country  Turkey
Province Karaman
Government
  Mayor Necati Akpınar (AKP)
Area[1]
  District 1,498.68 km2 (578.64 sq mi)
Elevation 1,196 m (3,924 ft)
Population (2012)[2]
  Urban 11,332
  District 29,932
  District density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 70xxx
Area code(s) 0338
Licence plate 70
Website www.ermenek.gov.tr

Ermenek is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The district forms the core of the plateau region Taşeli. According to 2014 census, population of the district is 29,957 of which 11,332 live in the town of Ermenek.[3][4]

Name

The town was historically known as Germanicopolis (Greek: Γερμανικόπολις); Germanig, and possibly Clibanus;[5] which later mutuated to Ermenek.

History

Germanicopolis was a town in ancient Isauria. (Hierocl. p. 709; Concil. Chalced. p. 659; Const. Porphyr. de Them. i. 13.) The city took its name from Germanicus, grandson of Augustus.

Four of its bishops are known during the Byzantine government: Tyrannus, 451; Eustathius, 797; Basil, 878 (Le Quien, Or. christ., II, 1027); and Bisulas in the sixth century (Brooks, Sixth Book of the Letters of Severus, 13, 26, 80). The crusaders sustained a great defeat near the city in 1098. It passed to the Turkic dynasty of the Karamanids and became a centre of the Avşar Turks in 1228. During the Karamanid period, many of Ermenek's historical Mosques were constructed - Akca Mosque (1300), the Ulu Cami (1302), the Sipas Mosque (1306) and the Meydan mosque (1436). It was later incorporated into the Ottoman Empire who made it part of the Karaman Province where it was the second most important town after Karaman itself.

Geography

Settlements in the Ermenek district include:

  • Güneyyurt, (municipality)
  • Kazancı, (municipality)
  • Ağaççatı
  • Ardıçkaya
  • Aşağı Çağlar
  • Balkusan
  • Boyalık
  • Çamlıca
  • Çatalbadem
  • Çavuş
  • Eskice
  • Evsin
  • Elmayurdu
  • Görmeli
  • Gökçeseki
  • Gökçekent
  • İkizçınar
  • Katranlı
  • Kayaönü
  • Olukpınar
  • Pamuklu
  • Pinarönü
  • Sarıvadi
  • Tepebaşı
  • Yalındal
  • Yaylapazarı
  • Yerbağ
  • Yeşilköy
  • Yukarı Çağlar

Notable natives

Notes

  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Turkish Statistical Institute. (XLS) (in Turkish) Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey http://rapory.tuik.gov.tr/22-06-2015-22:09:20-12700617649460550142789483.html Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  5. Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 66 & text.

References

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Coordinates: 36°38′20″N 32°53′33″E / 36.63889°N 32.89250°E / 36.63889; 32.89250

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