Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this study, the characteristics of thermal waters at important balneotherapy centers in Hatay, Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras, and Diyarbakir provinces, located in the Southeast Anatolian Fault Line Region, and their purposes of use were investigated. These sources are Hamamat, Baslamıs, Sultanli (Hatay), Haruniye (Osmaniye), Ilica (Kahramanmaras), and Cermik (Diyarbakir) thermal waters, which formed under tectonic conditions. In general, the spring waters, which are classified as sodium, calcium-bicarbonate, chloride, and hot, range from 33 °C to 80 °C. With these healing waters used for spa and balneological purposes, it has been determined which ailments they can treat.
Authors: Ayşe Biçer, Serpil Aslan
Institutions: Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi, Turgut Özal University
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and Manual Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7119064592