Çakmak, Turkey

Çakmak is a town of 1,302 people in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.

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Population1,302 GeoNames

RegionDiyarbakır Province

Elevation786 m 2,579 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportDiyarbakır Airport (DIY) 36 km

About Çakmak

Çakmak (Kurdish: Cimikan) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,322 in 2025.

From the Wikipedia article Çakmak, Yenişehir (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Map of Çakmak

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Getting there and nearby towns

Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 36 km away.

Ekinciler 2 km east, about 2 min by car
Dereboyu 4 km northwest, about 4 min by car
Canveren 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
Oyalı 7 km east, about 7 min by car
Morkoyun 8 km northwest, about 8 min by car
Bahşılar 11 km northeast, about 11 min by car
Diyarbakır 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
Çermik 45 km west, about 45 min by car
Siverek 72 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Elazığ 86 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car

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