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Hattuşaş
Located in Boğazkale, Hattuşa was the capital of the Hittite Empire, an ancient city famed for its walls, monumental gat…
Alacahöyük
In Çorum's Alaca district, Alacahöyük is a mound famed for its royal tombs and sphinx gate, continuously settled from th…
Çorum Museum
Located in the heartland of the Hittite civilization, the Çorum Museum displays finds from Alacahöyük, Boğazköy-Hattuşa,…
İncesu Canyon
A 12.5 km-long, deep canyon with steep rocky slopes in the village of İncesu in the Ortaköy district, well suited to out…
Çorum Castle
A square-plan historic castle in the Kale neighborhood of central Çorum, rising on a hill that commands the city and bui…
History of İskilip
The history and general character of İskilip, a town in the ancient land of Paphlagonia at the transition between Centra…
History of Osmancık
On the banks of the Kızılırmak along the historic Silk Road, Osmancık's history, geography and economy from its entry in…
Çorum Clock Tower
A 27.50-metre historic Ottoman clock tower of yellow cut stone in central Çorum, built in 1896 by Yedisekiz Hasan Paşa a…
Çatak Nature Park and Çatak Ski Facility
About 22 km from central Çorum, Çatak Nature Park and the Çatak Ski Facility, opened in 1991, offer year-round nature an…
Çorum Cuisine
All →Çorum Roasted Chickpeas (Leblebi)
Çorum's signature snack: double-roasted yellow leblebi made from soaked, rested chickpeas peeled with a wooden tool call
İskilip Dolması
A traditional İskilip wedding dish in which meat and rice are slow-cooked for hours in giant cauldrons, the rice steamed
Keşkek
A ceremonial wedding and special-occasion dish made by slow-cooking and pounding cracked wheat together with meat until
Çorum Folk Songs
All →Aba da Bir Kebe de Bir Giyene (Coarse Cloak or Felt, All the Same)
One of Çorum's oldest documented folk songs, collected in the town center in 1939; it teaches that a person's worth lies
İğdenin Dalları Yerdedir Yerde (The Oleaster's Branches Bend to the Ground)
A lively, much loved Çorum tune collected in the Alaca district that likens a lover's longing to the laden branches of t
Türkmen Kızı Yaktı Bizi (A Turkmen Girl Has Set Us Aflame)
A cheerful Çorum tune about love for a Turkmen girl, collected by Muzaffer Sarısözen and entered into the TRT repertoire