Merkez
Merkez is the Turkish word for middle, center. It refers to the city center (Şehir merkezi) or shopping centers. The main mosque of a city or district is also called Merkez Camii . Merkez is a loan word from Arabicمركز / markaz .
In the Turkish administrative division, the central district ( İlçe ) of a province ( İl ) , to which the provincial capital belongs, is called Merkez. In contrast to the other districts of the respective province, it does not have its own district administrator ( Kaymakam ) , but reports directly to the provincial governor ( Vali ). An exception are the 30 provinces, whose capital is a metropolitan commune (büyükşehir belediyesi) , which is divided into several İlçe. Some İlçe are in turn subdivided into Bucak , with the central Bucak, which surrounds the county seat, also known as merkez.
Merkez in other languages or language families
The word merkez is also used in other Turkish languages such as Azerbaijan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as a word for a central office. The central banks of the countries mentioned are known as central banks (merkazi bank in variations). The central banks of the Arabic-speaking countries and Somalia are also referred to as merkezi banks . The same goes for the central bank of Iran . There is also an Iranian province of Markazi .
literature
- Klaus Kreiser : Small Turkey Lexicon. Beck'sche Reihe, Munich 1992, p. 85 ISBN 3-406-33184-X