Divriği

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The Hittites may have mined and made use of the iron ore in the area.{{Cite journal |last=Muhly |first=J. D. |last2=Maddin |first2=R. |last3=Stech |first3=T. |last4=Özgen |first4=E. |date=December 1985 |title=Iron in Anatolia and the Nature of the Hittite Iron Industry |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/anatolian-studies/article/abs/iron-in-anatolia-and-the-nature-of-the-hittite-iron-industry/CF341AB972F09B7342468E5EACA1064D |journal=Anatolian Studies |language=en |volume=35 |pages=67–84 |doi=10.2307/3642872 |issn=2048-0849|url-access=subscription }}

In the 9th century the town was known as Abrik and controlled by the Paulicians with the support of Arabs and the emir of Malatya.{{Cite web |title=Divriği Belediye Başkanlığı {{!}} Sivas |url=https://www.divrigi.bel.tr/kisacaDivrigi.aspx |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.divrigi.bel.tr}} It had been founded ca. 850 by Karbeas, the leader of the Paulicians, a heretical Armenian sect that adhered to a dualistic cosmology. The Paulicians fortified it and used it as refuge and the capital of their state during the ninth century.Foss, Clive. "Tephrike". Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 2025.

Later called Tephrike ({{Langx|el|Τεφρική}}) it was recaptured by the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Basil I and was temporarily named Leontokome (after Emperor Leo VI) and made into a thema. In the early eleventh century, the town was part of the territory given to the Armenian king Seneqerim-Hovhannes of Vaspurakan in exchange for his lands in Vaspurakan.

After the battle of Manzikert (present day Malazgirt), Divriği came under the control of the Sultanate of Rûm.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4LrAAAAMAAJ}} The Mengüjeks built the Great Mosque and hospital. A medieval castle, with remains mostly from the thirteenth century, is situated on top of a steep hill overlooking the town.

The railway arrived in 1937 and exports ore from iron mines which still supports the economy of the town and national economy.{{Cite web |title=Ulusal Tez Merkezi {{!}} Anasayfa |url=https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/tezDetay.jsp?id=PgrdqUcFKTVuiPn9MJiaXg&no=QJHKsKx4rX_ClOUeOnwkvA |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=tez.yok.gov.tr}} The Great Mosque and hospital is the main draw, and there are some other places which attract tourists.{{Cite web |title=Divriği |url=https://korumakurullari.ktb.gov.tr/TR-294790/divrigi.html |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=korumakurullari.ktb.gov.tr}}

Divriği has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen: Dsa), bordering a semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk),{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}} with hot, dry summers, and cold, snowy winters.{{Cite web |title=Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı |url=https://www.mgm.gov.tr/FILES/resmi-istatistikler/parametreAnalizi/2022-ortalama-kar-ortulu.pdf |website=MGM}}

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| location = Divriği (1991–2020)

| Jan high C = 2.6

| Feb high C = 4.6

| Mar high C = 11.0

| Apr high C = 17.3

| May high C = 22.5

| Jun high C = 28.1

| Jul high C = 32.7

| Aug high C = 33.2

| Sep high C = 28.2

| Oct high C = 21.0

| Nov high C = 11.9

| Dec high C = 4.9

| year high C = 18.2

| Jan mean C = -1.6

| Feb mean C = -0.1

| Mar mean C = 5.5

| Apr mean C = 11.1

| May mean C = 15.6

| Jun mean C = 20.4

| Jul mean C = 24.5

| Aug mean C = 24.8

| Sep mean C = 20.1

| Oct mean C = 13.9

| Nov mean C = 6.2

| Dec mean C = 0.7

| year mean C = 11.8

| Jan low C = -5.0

| Feb low C = -4.0

| Mar low C = 0.7

| Apr low C = 5.4

| May low C = 9.3

| Jun low C = 13.1

| Jul low C = 16.5

| Aug low C = 16.8

| Sep low C = 12.5

| Oct low C = 7.8

| Nov low C = 1.5

| Dec low C = -2.5

| year low C = 6.1

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 33.74

| Feb precipitation mm = 34.26

| Mar precipitation mm = 43.84

| Apr precipitation mm = 69.0

| May precipitation mm = 51.4

| Jun precipitation mm = 22.64

| Jul precipitation mm = 8.7

| Aug precipitation mm = 4.86

| Sep precipitation mm = 13.95

| Oct precipitation mm = 34.87

| Nov precipitation mm = 29.55

| Dec precipitation mm = 33.02

| year precipitation mm = 379.83

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 6.1

| Feb precipitation days = 6.4

| Mar precipitation days = 7.4

| Apr precipitation days = 9.1

| May precipitation days = 9.2

| Jun precipitation days = 4.5

| Jul precipitation days = 1.8

| Aug precipitation days = 1.7

| Sep precipitation days = 2.5

| Oct precipitation days = 5.6

| Nov precipitation days = 5.0

| Dec precipitation days = 7.1

| year precipitation days = 66.4

| Jan humidity = 73.0

| Feb humidity = 69.7

| Mar humidity = 61.1

| Apr humidity = 56.3

| May humidity = 56.9

| Jun humidity = 49.6

| Jul humidity = 42.3

| Aug humidity = 41.7

| Sep humidity = 43.0

| Oct humidity = 54.8

| Nov humidity = 65.0

| Dec humidity = 73.3

| year humidity = 57.2

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|access-date = January 14, 2024}}

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About 103 of the 109 villages are populated by Alevis. The majority of the Alevi population is Turkish, with a significant Kurdish Alevi minority.{{Cite news|date=24 June 2019|title=Divriği hakkında tarihi bilgiler ve Divriği Alevi Köyleri|language=tr|work=Alevi Haber|url=https://www.alevihaber.com/divrigi-hakkinda-tarihi-bilgiler-ve-divrigi-alevi-koyleri-44200h.htm|access-date=26 July 2021}} Evliya Çelebi included that Divriği was made up of Greeks and Turkomans as well as Armenians and Kurds in his seyahatname.{{cite book |title=Evliyâ Çelebi Seyahatnâmesi: III |page=223 |url=https://archive.org/details/EvliyelebiSeyahatnmesiIII/page/n223/mode/2up |access-date=17 October 2022}}

• Müslüm Doğan
• Nuri Demirağ

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Category:Populated places in Sivas Province

Category:Paulicianism

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