Çorum Province

Çorum is a province of Turkey. Its capital is the same Çorum.

The province has 535 405 inhabitants ( 2010 census ) in an area 12,820 km ². It borders the provinces of Kırıkkale, Yozgat, Amasya, Samsun, Sinop, Kastamonu and Çankırı.

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  • 5.2 Festival
  • 5.3 celebrations

Counties

The province is divided into districts ( Ilce ):

  • Alaca
  • Bayat
  • Boğazkale
  • Çorum
  • Dodurga
  • İskilip
  • Kargı
  • Laçin
  • Mecitözü
  • Oğuzlar
  • Ortaköy
  • Osmancık
  • Sungurlu
  • Uğurludağ

History

  • 5000-3000 BC: The first human settlements in the area of Çorum were founded about 7000 years ago. After excavations in Alacahöyük, Balımsultan, Büyük Güllücek, Boğazkale, Eskiyapar, Hüseyindede and Kuşsaray this region was developed technically and culturally far from nearby natural resources.
  • 3000-1000 BC: In the Bronze Age was Çorum scene of many cities -ups. Around 2000 BC was one of Çorum to a principality of the Hatti.
  • 1950-1850 BC: At this time existed in this area trading colonies ( Karum ) of the Assyrians, from which the first written messages.
  • Before 1500-1200 BC: The Hittites have the center of their empire in Hattusa, near the modern town Boğazkale.
  • After Seevölkersturm and indirectly related case of the Hittite empire, the area belongs to the realms of the Phrygians, and later of the Medes, to then to be working in the Persian Empire and then the empire of Alexander.
  • After the Diadochenkämpfen is the territory part of the Kingdom of Cappadocia, which is part of the Roman and then the Byzantine Empire later.
  • 1075: Conquest oghusische Turks and integration into the Principality of Danishmends ( Danişmend Beyliği ).
  • 1276: Victory over the Mongols under the leadership of Emir Celalettin.
  • 14th century: integration into the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1923: Çorum is a province of the Republic of Turkey.
  • 1980: Turkish right-wing extremists kill the pogrom of Çorum about 57 members of the Alevi minority.

Attractions

Other attractions in the province include:

The Bogazköy - Alacahöyük National Park, the thermal baths of Figani ( Beke ), the tumuli of Balımsultan, Büyük Güllicek, Kuşsaray, Güzelcedere, Pazarlı (the village Çikhasan ) Eskiyapar and Kalınkaya, the castles of Çorum, Kaletepe, Kale ( Eğercidağ ) İskilip and Osmancık ( Kundıber ), the settlement ruins of Melik Gazi, Kalehisar and Gerdekkaya, the rock tombs of İskilip Bayat and Kızılcapelit, the Great Mosque ( Ulu Cami ) of Çorum, the mosques of Hamid, Han, Şeyh Muhiddin -i Yavsi, Tabakhane, Mihri Hatun, Oğuzköy and Koca Mehmed Pasha ( Imaret ), the Great Mosque of Sinan Pasha complex, the madrasas of Alaca Hüseyin Gazi and Aksemseddin that Koyun Baba bridge, the bathhouses of Güpür Pasha, Ali Pasha Koca Mehmed Pasha and Sunguroğlu, the museums of Çorum, Alacahöyük and Boğazkale ( Bogazköy ).

Ruin places

Among the most important and earliest settlement sites include Alacahöyük and the capital of Hattusa Hethither, today Boğazkale (formerly Bogazköy ) with the rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya. There are impressive ruins and a small museum at both locations. Interesting is also the Hittite city Šapinuwa in Ortaköy.

Population

The population figures are only shown from the date after the respective village was raised to the status of a county ( Ilce ).

Important Days

Festivals

  • The Kargı Folk Festival between 31 October and 6 November

Festival

  • The International Hethiterfestival in the city of Çorum on 15 July
  • Osmancık Rice Festival in Osmancık between 1 and 10 November
  • Mecitözü sunflower festival in Mecitözü in the last week of September

Celebrations

  • The Hıdrellez Celebration in Osmancık 6 to 8 Mai
  • The traditional autumn wrestling and music celebration in İskilip in the first week of September
  • Wrestling and celebration in Sungurlu in autumn
  • Wrestling in the village of Berk of the district Dodurga in October

Famous people

  • İbrahim Kaypakkaya, revolutionary, founder of the TKP / ML
  • İsmail Beşikçi, Turkish sociologist and writer
  • Aşık Gülabi, Turkish singer
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