Ermenek

Ermenek
Ermenek
District
	Location of Ermenek within Turkey.
Country	Turkey
Province	Karaman
Government
• Mayor	Necati Akpınar (AKP)
Area
• District	1,498.68 km2 (578.64 sq mi)
Elevation	1,196 m (3,924 ft)
Population (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
• Urban	11,332
• District	29,932
• District density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	70xxx
Area code	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.^[2]^[3]

Name

The town was historically known as Germanicopolis (Greek: Γερμανικόπολις); Germanig, and possibly Clibanus;^[4] 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:

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Notable natives

Lütfi Elvan (born 1962), mining engineer, politician and government minister

Notes

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ Turkish Statistical Institute. (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. Retrieved 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Retrieved 2008-03-20.
^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 66 & text.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Ermenek, Turkey". Retrieved 2008-03-16.
Ermenek at GEOnet Names Server

External links

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

[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[die-2] Turkish Statistical Institute. (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. Retrieved 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Retrieved 2008-03-20.

[4] Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 66 & text.

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