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. As Ancient Germanicopolis (in Isauria; has namesakes), a former bishopric, it remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

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]

Names

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

History

Germanicopolis was an Ancient town in the Roman province of Isauria. (Hierocl. p. 709; Concil. Chalced. p. 659; Const. Porphyr. de Them. i. 13.) The city took its name from Germanicus, grandson of first Emperor Octavian Augustus, as several others.

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, several of Ermenek's historical mosques were constructed, notably : Akca Mosque (1300), Ulu Cami (1302), Sipas Mosque (1306) and Meydan mosque (1436).

It was later incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, becoming part of the Karaman Province, where it was the second most important town after Karaman itself.

Ecclesiastical history

No later then the 5th century, Germanicopolis became a suffragan bishopric of the Archdiocese of Seleucia in Isauria, in the sway of the Patriarchate of Antioch.

Four of its bishops are known during the Byzantine government :

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored no later then 1717 as Latin Titular bishopric of Germanicopolis (Latin) / Germanicopoli (Curiate Italian) / Germanicopolitan(us) (Latin adjective).

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

Bishop of Killala (1893.04.23 – death 1911.08.26)

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

See also

References

  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. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); 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.
  6. ↑ Brooks, Sixth Book of the Letters of Severus, 13, 26, 80
  7. ↑ Le Quien, Or. christ., II, 1027)
Bibliography

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

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