Corum
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
Registered Immobile Cultural and
Natural Heritages in Çorum
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 34
Urban Sites: 3
Natural Sites: -
Historical Sites: -
Total: 37
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 165
TOTAL: 202
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
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