Ermenek

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Ermenek
Location of Ermenek within Turkey.
Location of Ermenek within Turkey.
Coordinates: 36°38′N 32°53′E / 36.633, 32.883
Country Flag of Turkey Turkey
Province Karaman
Elevation 1,196 m (3,924 ft)
Population (2000)[1]
 - District 42,643
 - Urban 15,509
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 Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 42,643 of which 15,509 live in the town of Ermenek.[1][2]

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[edit] Name

The town was historically known as Germanicopolis (Greek: Γερμανικόπολις); Germanig, and possibly Clibanus[3]; and much later as Ermenak.

[edit] 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 then passed into the power of the Armenian dynasty of the Rubenid, who called it Germanig, whence is derived the present name of Ermenek. The Turks took possession of it in 1228. It is situated at a height of 1362 feet. The ruins of many Roman monuments and a stronghold are still to be seen on the mountain.

[edit] Geography

Villages in the Ermenek district include:

  • Ağaççatı
  • Ardiçkaya
  • 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

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Coordinates: 36°38′20″N, 32°53′33″E

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