Balneotherapy Application in Hatay- Osmaniye-Diyarbakir and Kahramanmaras Provinces

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.