'hot springs';[2][3] Kurdish: Çermûk)[4] is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.

[1] The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP),[7] and the current kaymakam is Vahit Yılmaz.

[10] Within the Ottoman Empire, Çermik was within the Kurdish sanjaks of the Diyarbekir Eyelet.

[17] 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.