What is "yarpuz"

Yarpuz is a village in the central district ( Osmaniye) of Osmaniye Province, Turkey. At it is situated in Nur Mountains and along Yarpuz creek which is actually a tributary of Ceyhan River. The distance to Osmaniye is about . The population of Yarpuz is 572 as of 2011. Although presently only a village, Yarpuz was the capital of Cebelibereket sanjak during the last years of the Ottoman Empire. (Sanjak was a second level administrative unit in the Ottoman Empire.)