Osmancık
Known for the Koyunbaba Bridge, Kandiber Castle and its rice. Population: 42,673 (TÜİK 2025).
Trip Planning
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Akşemseddin Mosque and Medrese
Of the mosque and medrese built in Osmancık by Akşemseddin in the 15th century, only the cut-stone domed classroom with …
Baltacı Mehmet Paşa Fountains
Built in 1705 by Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Paşa, said to have been born in Osmancık, in the name of the four caliphs —…
Büyük Cami (Grand Mosque)
A historic mosque on the Kızılırmak in Osmancık, also known as Ulu Cami/Beyler Camii; while local tradition credits Emir…
İmaret Mosque
Located in Osmancık's Güney neighborhood, an early Ottoman inverted-T-plan mosque built as an imaret by Grand Vizier Koc…
Koyun Baba Bridge
A multi-arched historic Ottoman bridge over the Kızılırmak in Osmancık, built in 1484-1489 under Bayezid II and named af…
Koyun Baba Mausoleum
Built on an octagonal plan in Osmancık in 1469 by order of Sultan Bayezid II for the Anatolian saint Koyun Baba, whose o…
Osmancık Castle (Kandıber Castle)
A castle in Osmancık, built on a natural rock at 275 m above the Kızılırmak, also known as Kandıber Castle and attribute…
Paşa Bathhouse (Osmancık)
A 15th-century Ottoman bathhouse in Osmancık, one of two commissioned by Koca Mehmet Paşa, that has survived to the pres…
History & People
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Nature & Trails
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Başpınar Karaca Highland
A pine-forested highland about 8 km from Osmancık's Başpınar township, with a 15-kilometre trekking route and camping sp…
Gemici Nature Park (Şehit Asb. Mustafa Ayna Nature Park)
Established in Osmancık's Gemici neighbourhood in 2016 and later named for a fallen non-commissioned officer, this natur…
Cuisine & Local Products
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Osmancık Rice
The Osmancık-97 variety, registered in 1997, became the flagship of Turkish rice: the grain-by-grain pilaf rice of Osman…
Kaypak (Osmancık Kaypak Yemeği)
A GI-registered Osmancık dough dish: stiff dough cut into squares, boiled, then topped with tulum cheese or yoghurt.
Osmancık Ayvalı Yahnisi (Quince Stew)
A stew of red meat, quince and grape molasses, made without tomato paste; a Turkish geographical indication specialty of…
Osmancık Malak Tatlısı (Malak Dessert)
A butter dough cooked in water and flour, poured over grape molasses and served with walnut kernels; a Turkish geographi…
Osmancık Yaprak İçi Yemeği (Vine-Leaf Pulse Dish)
A pulse and bulgur dish cooked with tomato paste and eaten by spooning it into a vine leaf; a geographical indication di…
Osmancık Irgat Böreği (Farmhand Flatbread Pie)
A seven-to-ten-layer pie in which unleavened flatbreads are fried one by one on a griddle with a filling between them; a…
Osmancık Kapari Turşusu (Caper Pickle)
A pickle of caper-plant fruits and flower buds, debittered in brine and fermented in vinegared water for about a month; …
Osmancık Yırtmaç Yemeği (Vine Leaf and Pulse Dish)
A dish of vine leaves, chickpeas, lentils, cowpeas, broad beans and bulgur, with a sour note from the leaves; a register…
Osmancık Domates Kavurması (Green Tomato and Rice Sauté)
Green tomatoes and rice cooked in the tomatoes' own juice with no added water, with a sour-tart taste; a registered geog…