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Panik, Turkey
Village in Iğdır, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Panik (Armenian: Բանիկ, romanized: Banik) is a köy (village) in the Iğdır District of Iğdır Province, Turkey.[2] Its population is 2,671 (2022).[3]
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Etymology
The village's name Panik is an antiquated word in Armenian referring to something artful or eloquent.[4]
History
Panik's name 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]
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