Panik, Turkey
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = village
| province = Iğdır
| district = Iğdır
| name = Panik
| population_total = 2,671
| population_as_of = 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|39|58|59|N|44|3|10|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code = 76000
| elevation_m = 861
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|publisher=Fallingrain.com
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004214635/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/88/Ozdemir.html
|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/88/Ozdemir.html
|title=Ozdemir, Turkey
|archive-date=4 October 2015}}
| other_name = Բանիկ
}}
Panik ({{Langx|hy|Բանիկ|translit=Banik}}) is a köy (village) in the Iğdır District of Iğdır Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 2,671 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=13 March 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}
Etymology
The village's name Panik is an antiquated word in Armenian referring to something artful or eloquent.{{Cite web|title=բանիկ — Վիքիբառարան|url=https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AF|access-date=2021-09-07|website=hy.wiktionary.org|language=hy}}
History
Panik's name was changed in 1960 to Özdemir. However, the name was reverted to Panik in 2014.{{Cite web|date=2018-12-22|title=Administrative Geography Analysis of Iğdir Province|url=http://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/cilt8/sayi41_pdf/3sanattarihi_arkeoloji_cografya/kaya_faruk_kaynakcaduzeltilmeli.pdf|access-date=2021-09-07|work=The Journal of International Social Research|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222214802/http://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/cilt8/sayi41_pdf/3sanattarihi_arkeoloji_cografya/kaya_faruk_kaynakcaduzeltilmeli.pdf|archive-date=2018-12-22}}
Panik was an Armenian inhabited settlement prior to the Armenian-Turkish war in 1920, with a population of 960 in 1886.{{Cite web|date=2016-03-05|title=Игдырский участок 1886|url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/igdyr1886.html|access-date=2021-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070518/http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/igdyr1886.html|archive-date=2016-03-05}}
References
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Category:Kurdish settlements in Turkey