Panik, Turkey

Panik (Armenian: Բանիկ, romanized: Banik) is a köy (village) in the Iğdır central district of Iğdır Province, Turkey.

Panik
Բանիկ
Village
Igdir Province in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°58′59″N 44°3′10″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceIğdır Province
DistrictIğdır central district
Elevation
[1]
861 m (2,824 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total2,737
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
76000
Area code0476
Licence plate76

Etymology

The village's name Panik is an antiquated word in Armenian referring to something artful or eloquent.[3]

History

The name of the village is mentioned as Panik in the records of 1901 and 1928.[4] This name lasted until it was changed in 1960 to Özdemir. However, the name was reverted to Panik in 2014.[5]

Panik was an Armenian inhabited settlement prior to the Armenian-Turkish war in 1920, with a population of 960 in 1886.[6]

Population

Panik is now a Kurdish majority settlement.[4] Its population is 2,737 (2020).[2]

References
  1. "Ozdemir, Turkey". Fallingrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. "Iğdır Merkez Panik Köy Nüfusu" (in Turkish). Nufusune.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. "բանիկ — Վիքիբառարան". hy.wiktionary.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  4. "Nişanyan Yeradları". nisanyanmap.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. "Administrative Geography Analysis of Iğdir Province" (PDF). The Journal of International Social Research. 2018-12-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  6. "Игдырский участок 1886". 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
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