Divriği

The Hittites may have mined and made use of the iron ore in the area. 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. 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. Later called Tephrike () 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. 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. ==Economy==

The railway arrived in 1937 and exports ore from iron mines which still supports the economy of the town and national economy. The Great Mosque and hospital is the main draw, and there are some other places which attract tourists. ==Climate==

Divriği has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen: Dsa), bordering a semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk), with hot, dry summers, and cold, snowy winters. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | 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 | source = NOAA ==Demographics==

About 103 of the 109 villages are populated by Alevis. The majority of the Alevi population is Turkish, with a significant Kurdish Alevi minority. Evliya Çelebi included that Divriği was made up of Greeks and Turkomans as well as Armenians and Kurds in his seyahatname. == Notable people ==

• Nuri Demirağ • Müslüm Doğan • Mercan Erzincan ==References==