Ka cika wannan jumla: Ƙauyen da ake kira Erçel yana da shekaru 300 da haihuwa. Amma akwai alamun mazaunin mutane tun kafin a kafa ƙauyen. Musamman akwai rushewar manyan gidaje biyu da ake kira Manavşa (zuwa arewa) da Başnalar (zuwa kudu maso gabas). Erçel ya kasance muhimmiyar cibiyar juriya ta Turkiyya a lokacin mulkin Ottoman.
Yaƙin Faransa da Turkiyya bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Farko. A shekara ta 1961 an sanya wa ƙauyen suna Değirmençay. A cikin 1992 an ayyana ƙauyen a matsayin gari.