History

The excavations reveals that human settlements were present in Çorum during Paleolithic, Neolithic period and 4th stage of Cal Eolithic Age. The remnants belonging to these ages are at Alacahöyük, Büyük Güllüce, Boğazköy, Eski yapar, Kuşsaray. Settlements has been continued from those periods. Later times Çorum and its environs were dominated by Hittite, Frigs, Kimmer, Med, Persian, Galat, Romans, Byzantine, Seljuks, Danişmend, Mongol, Ertena, Kadı Burhanettin and Ottomans.