AREA: 12.820 km²

POPULATION: 609.863 (1990)

TRAFFIC CODE: 19

DISTRICTS: Çorum (center), Alaca, Bayat, Boğazkale, Dodurga, İskilip, Kargı, Laçin, Mecitözü, Oğuzlar, Ortaköy, Osmancık, Sungurlu, Uğurludağ.

SITES OF INTEREST: Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park, Figanı (Beke) hot springs, Büyük Güllicek, Kuşsaray, Güzelcedere, Pazarlı, Eskiyapar and Kalınkaya mounds, Çorum, Kaletepe, Kale (Eğercidağ), İskilip and Osmancık (Kandıber) castles, Melik Gazi, Kalehisar, Gerdekkaya and Yazılıkaya settlement ruins, İskilip Bayat and Kızılcapelit rock graves, Çorum Grand Mosque, Hamid, Han, Şeyh Muhiddin-i Yavsi, Tabakhane, Mihri Hatun, Oğuzköy, Koca Mehmed Pasha (İmaret) and Büyük mosques, Sinan Pasha complex, Alaca Hüseyin Gazi and Akşemseddin old theological schools (medrese), Koyun Baba Bridge, Güpür Pasha, Ali Pasha, Koca Mehmed Pasha and Sunguroğlu baths, Çorum, Alacahöyük and Boğazkale (Boğazköy) museums.

Provincial Cultural Directorate

Tel: (364) 212 05 10
Fax: (364) 212 05 10

State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate

Kültür Sitesi - ÇORUM
Tel: (0 364) 213 70 38
Fax: 212 05 10

Museum

Çorum Museum
Address: Gülabibey Mah. Müze Sok.
Çorum
Tel: (364) 213 15 68
Fax: (364) 224 30 25

Historical Sites and Ruins

Alacahöyük Museum -Alacahöyük/Alaca
Boğazköy Museum - Boğazkale
Boğazköy Site - Boğazkale
Yazılıkaya and Hat. - Boğazkale
Ortaköy Historical Site - Ortaköy
Eskiyapar Historical Site - Alaca

Significant Days

Festivals:


International Hittite Festival
Çorum
15-25 July

Osmancık Rice Festival
Osmancık
1-10 November

Mecitözü Sunflower Festival
Mecitözü
Last week of September

Fairs:

Kargı Fair
Kargı
31 October-6 November

Festivities:

Hıdırellez Festivities
Osmancık
6-8 May

Traditional Fall Wrestling Matches and Music Festivities
İskilip
First week of September

Wrestling and Festivities
Sungurlu

Fall Season
Berk Village Karakucak Wrestling
Berk Village / Dodurga
October

Top Picture: Boğazköy Hattushash - Capital of Hittite Empire in First Millenium
Bottom Picture: Kadeş Truce (M.Ö. 12.yy) - Section from the first written truce of the world.

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