Çorum

Opening gate of Black Sea Region to Interior Anatolia Region, Çorum offers tourism services in large scale together with the 5 thousand years of history within the unique natural beauties.

How to Get
Highway Çorum is located on the main road that connects Ankara to Black Sea Region. Coach station is at the city center.

Coach Station Tel: (+90-364) 213 66 70

Airway There is no airport exist at Çorum, nearest airports are at Samsun (176 km) and Ankara (242 km).

Ancient Cities
Boğazköy - Hattuşaş Boğazköy, (Hattusas) located at Çorum city, inside the borders of Boğazkale county, is 208 km. from Ankara, and 82 km. away from Çorum. Hattuşaş, the capital city of Hittite civilization the first to build an organized State in Anatolia, has an important place in Anatolian archeology too.
Today Boğazköy is registered as Historical National Park ,and the main places to be seen are remained from the late period of Great Hittite Empire. On your way upon following the route of the park you will see; Big temple at Aşağı Sevir (temple numbered 1), city ramparts and monumental gates on it (Arslanlı Gate (gate with lions), Poterni and Yer Gates, Kral Gate (king gate)). Temples that their numbers reach to 31 at Yukarı Sevir are composed of Nisan Hill, Kingdom Palace, other buildings and Great Castle. Most important buildings of Frig Period are Bastionu and Güney Castles. Moreover at the local museum of Boğazköy important findings of ruins are exhibited.

Yazılıkaya (inscribed stone) Yazılıkaya open air temple, a unique remnant of Hittite Empire Period, is 2 km north east of Boğazköy. It was formed with two spaces, named big and little galleries, and arranged with possible formation that fits the natural location of local stones. Goddesses embossments take place on the right wall, god embossments take place at left wall of Big gallery and both groups described as having a motion to main scene that shows meeting of Weather God Tesup and his wife Goddess Hepatu. Embossment of IV.King Tuthaliya is on the east wall and it is the biggest embossment of gallery. In this room celebration of the spring festival is described. Entrance to little gallery is occupied by a narrow corridor. On each two sides of the entrance protective winged lions are described. In this place, there are embossments of twelve gods as if moving ahead to right, God of Meç (rapier) and IV. Tuthaliya under the protection of God Sarumma. Temples were built in front of these praying places in later periods.

Alacahöyük 45 km from Çorum, placed in the settlement place of Höyük Village at Alaca County, Alacahöyük is an important archeological ruin place by it’s magnificent gate with sphinxes, inetersting architectural buildings and local museum that can be visited in a day for visitors who visit Boğazköy and Yazılıkaya. It is 34 km away from Boğazköy and 210 km away from Ankara.

Ruins that remains to present day are dated back to Hittite period. Alacahöyük has an open - air museum status with its magnificent gate containing sphinxes, its religion and government buildings like temple - palace complex and other architectural ruins.

Ortaköy (Sapinuva) It is located in Ortakoy county. During the excavation processes 18 rooms of a monumental building remained from Hittite Empire Period was unearthed. Between those building ruins , tombs dating back to Roman Period were founded.

İskilip Rock Tombs It is located at county center built on a 100 m. high natural rock. There are rock tombs remained from Roman Period at east and southeast of the castle.

Mosques
Ulu Mosque It is the biggest mosque of Çorum.

Hıdırlık Mosque Located at the west part of the city, the mosque shows the late Ottoman period architectural style. Near the mosque are tombs containing graves of the friends of Prophet Muhammed from Eshab-i Kiram; Suheybi Rumi, Kereb-i Gazi one of the Muslims elders, Yusuf-i Bahri and Übit-i Gazinin who were the members of the armies coming from Medina for the conquest of Istanbul at 40th year of the Hegira.

Şeyh Muhittin Yavsı Mosque The mosque built with one dome by Şeyh Yavsı who is the father of famous Ottoman juridical decision authority and Islam scholar Ebussuud Efendi. Later the mosque was enlarged through the constructions added by Ebussuud Efendi.

Evlik Village Mosque and Tomb It is located at Evlik Village within İskilip district. There are graves of Fatih’s tutor Akşemsettin’s son(Nurum Hûda) and their relatives in the mosque and tomb.

Castles
Clock Tower It was built in 1984 by Çorumlu Yedi Sekiz Hasan Pasha who was defender of Beşiktaş.The structure is 27.5 m. high and the historical symbol of city.

Çorum Castle Çorum castle preserves Seljuk architecture style,and has been inhabited. It was perched on a high hill at east of city.

İskilip Castle It was built on an area surrounded from three sides with very rocky places and hundred - meter high area. It has a gate towards the south direction and a dungeon room in side the castle at the left side.

Osmancık Castle It is concived that the castle remain from Roman Period.

Inns and Baths
Veli Paşa Inn It is the sample of Ottoman period Inns with its plan and architecture.

Pasha Public Bath It was built by Tabettin İbrahim Pasha Bin Hacı Bey in 1487. It is one of the Ottoman construction which has still been in service.

Süpür Public Bath It is a public bath located opposite the Ulu mosque in city center and was built in 1436.It embodies Ottoman period architectural characteristic. Restoration processes of the bath still continue.

Ali Pasha Public Bath (New Public Bath) This public bath placed near the watchtower is the biggest public bath of city. Ali Pasha who was the chief governor of Erzurum made it built in 1573.

National and Natural Parks
Boğazköy Alacahöyük National Park

Çatak Nature Park

Promenade
There are lots of promenade places present in the borders of Çorum. Those are Çatak Nature Park, Kırk dilim promenade places, Sıklık promenade places, Baha Bey Pine Grove, Sağmaca Water, İskilip Elma Beli, Ladin Köşk Evi (pavilion house) promenade places.

Beside the dominance of an interior Anatolian terrestrial climate, Çorum also under the influence of the mild Black Sea climate. The effect of hot and dry weather felt during summer months gives its place to severe cold weathers during winter months.

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.