Panik, Turkey

Panik (Բանիկ) is a köy (village) in the Iğdır District of Iğdır Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,671 (2022).

Etymology
The village's name Panik is an antiquated word in Armenian referring to something artful or eloquent.

History
Panik's name was changed in 1960 to Özdemir. However, the name was reverted to Panik in 2014.

Panik was an Armenian inhabited settlement prior to the Armenian-Turkish war in 1920, with a population of 960 in 1886.