Geographical Indication Products of Çorum
Çorum is among Türkiye’s leading provinces in protecting its gastronomic and regional-craft heritage. The number of products registered with the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has grown quickly, driven especially by Alaca Municipality’s run of eight registrations in 2022-2024 and Çorum Municipality’s registrations for simit and su böreği. Press reports stated that the province’s count of geographically indicated products reached 31 with the registration of Çorum simidi (İhlas News Agency, March 2026); the number that can be individually verified in TÜRKPATENT’s Geographical Indications Portal is 36 as of November 2026, listed below. The difference comes from the five registrations granted after March 2026 (Osmancık Domates Kavurması, İskilip Su Kabağı Yemeği, İskilip Tepsisi, Osmancık Irgat Böreği and Çorum Üyük Sarımsağı). This page draws on both sources and verifies each registration number and date against TÜRKPATENT’s own registry pages.
Registered Products
| Product | Reg. No. | Registration Date | Type | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Çorum Leblebisi | 42 | 10.12.2002 | Mark of origin | Çorum Commodity Exchange |
| İskilip Dolması | 130 | 19.04.2010 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| İskilip Turşusu | 131 | 19.04.2010 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Oğuzlar Cevizi | 493 | 13.03.2020 | Designation of origin | Oğuzlar Walnut Producers Union |
| İskilip Ramazan Keşkeği | 902 | 23.09.2021 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Kargı Tulum Peyniri | 933 | 26.10.2021 | Designation of origin | Kargı Municipality |
| Çorum Kuru Mantısı | 980 | 22.12.2021 | Mark of origin | Çorum Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen |
| Alaca Mor Soğanı / Alaca Moru | 1289 | 14.12.2022 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| İskilip Tokmaklı Kağnı | 1432 | 03.08.2023 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| İskilip Sirke Salatası | 1462 | 05.09.2023 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| İskilip Çileği | 1481 | 06.10.2023 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Alaca Yarma Aşı | 1502 | 22.11.2023 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Alaca Yanıç Böreği | 1503 | 22.11.2023 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Alaca Borana Yemeği | 1530 | 01.02.2024 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Alaca Cızlağı | 1531 | 01.02.2024 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Alaca Camili Kilimi | 1578 | 19.04.2024 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Çorum Yırtma Yemeği | 1616 | 17.07.2024 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Alaca Çılbır Yemeği | 1624 | 05.08.2024 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Alaca Hingali | 1625 | 06.08.2024 | Mark of origin | Alaca Municipality |
| Osmancık Kapari Turşusu | 1636 | 04.09.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Kışlacık Pırasası | 1648 | 10.10.2024 | Mark of origin | Mecitözü District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry |
| Osmancık Yırtmaç Yemeği | 1662 | 18.11.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Kaypak Yemeği | 1718 | 07.04.2025 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorship |
| Osmancık Ayvalı Yahnisi | 1745 | 18.06.2025 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Malak Tatlısı | 1749 | 25.06.2025 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Yaprak İçi Yemeği | 1750 | 25.06.2025 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| İskilip Baklavası (Gül Baklavası) | 1764 | 28.08.2025 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Çorum Baklavası (has, burma and gül burma — three forms) | 1791 | 19.11.2025 | Mark of origin | Çorum Municipality |
| Çorum Şekerlemesi | 1809 | 24.12.2025 | Mark of origin | Çorum Municipality |
| Çorum Su Böreği | 1821 | 11.02.2026 | Mark of origin | Çorum Municipality |
| Çorum Simidi | 1829 | 17.03.2026 | Mark of origin | Çorum Municipality |
| Osmancık Domates Kavurması | 1838 | 03.04.2026 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| İskilip Su Kabağı Yemeği | 1841 | 17.04.2026 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| İskilip Tepsisi | 1842 | 17.04.2026 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Osmancık Irgat Böreği | 1893 | 31.08.2026 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Çorum Üyük Sarımsağı | 1906 | 06.10.2026 | Mark of origin | Çorum Commodity Exchange |
Many of these products are covered in detail on our food pages: Çorum leblebi, İskilip dolması, İskilip pickles, İskilip Ramadan keşkek, kuru mantı, Kargı tulum cheese, Oğuzlar walnuts, Alaca purple onion, Alaca yarma aşı, Alaca yanıç böreği, İskilip vinegar salad, İskilip strawberries, Alaca borani, Alaca cızlağı, Alaca çılbır, Alaca hingal, Kışlacık leeks, İskilip baklava, Çorum şekerleme, Çorum su böreği, Çorum yırtma yemeği, Çorum simidi and Çorum Üyük garlic. Çorum tandır bread, which has no geographical indication registration, has a food page of its own. Alaca Camili Kilimi, being a woven textile craft, and İskilip Tokmaklı Kağnı, a wooden handicraft, are covered in our district and craft content instead (Alaca Camili Kilimi, İskilip Tokmaklı Kağnı).
Products Under Application
As of 8 November 2026, TÜRKPATENT’s Geographical Indications Portal lists 50 records for Çorum: 36 registered and 14 with the status “Başvuru” (application). The portal’s status filter offers only two options, “Tescilli” (registered) and “Başvuru”. The 14 pending applications, with file numbers and application dates, are:
| Product | File No. | Application Date | Type | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baharatlı Bayat Dolması | C2022/000349 | 17.10.2022 | Mark of origin | Bayat Municipality |
| Osmancık Beyaz Altın / Osmancık Pırlanta Pirinci / Osmancık Pirinci (rice) | C2024/000229 | 23.08.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Pirinç Pilavı (rice pilaf) | C2024/000230 | 23.08.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Pidesi / Osmancık Pancarlı Pide (pide flatbread) | C2024/000232 | 26.08.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Tuğlası (brick) | C2024/000274 | 03.10.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Çatal Aşı Çorbası (soup) | C2024/000303 | 01.11.2024 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Boğazkale Höke Üzümü (grape) | C2024/000332 | 21.11.2024 | Mark of origin | Boğazkale District Village Services Union |
| Sungurlu On Dilim Kavunu (melon) | C2025/000006 | 09.01.2025 | Mark of origin | Sungurlu District Chamber of Agriculture |
| Çorum Tandır Kebabı | C2025/000177 | 30.06.2025 | Mark of origin | Çorum Municipality |
| İskilip Helvası (helva) | C2025/000193 | 16.07.2025 | Mark of origin | İskilip Municipality |
| Osmancık Karası Üzümü (grape) | C2025/000411 | 10.10.2025 | Designation of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Üzüm Pekmezi (grape molasses) | C2025/000475 | 08.12.2025 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Osmancık Sırık Kebabı | C2026/000048 | 30.03.2026 | Mark of origin | Osmancık District Governorate |
| Laçin Kızılca Armudu (pear) | C2026/000049 | 31.03.2026 | Designation of origin | Laçin District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, jointly with an individual |
Some of these foods are introduced in general terms on our food pages: Osmancık rice, çatal aşı soup and sırık kebabı. Those pages draw on other sources, not on the product descriptions in the application files.
Earlier Applications No Longer in the Portal
The products below are listed under “Başvuru Yapılan Ürünler” (products under application) on the geographical indication page of the Çorum Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, and appeared as applications in the previous version of this page. They do not appear in the TÜRKPATENT portal’s current list (November 2026), and name searches without a province filter did not return them either. Neither the portal nor the other sources consulted state how these files ended (rejection, withdrawal or otherwise). The application dates below come from the Provincial Directorate’s list, which gives no file numbers.
- Alaca Municipality (mark of origin): Alaca Gagala Ekmeği and Alaca Güveci (27.02.2023); Alaca Ketesi, Alaca Mercimekli Bulgur Pilavı, Alaca Mercimekli Kesme Aşı, Alaca Mıklama Yemeği, Alaca Ovmaç Yemeği, Alaca Pancarlı Pide, Alaca Pidesi, Alaca Sarığı Burma/Sini Bağlama Tatlısı, Alaca Sini Mantısı, Alaca Sini Sarma/Bağlama Böreği, Alaca Sulu Kızartma, Alaca Sütlü Aşı, Alaca Sütlü Un Helvası, Alaca Sıkma Baklava/Alaca Kocakarı Gerdanı Tatlısı and Alaca Tirit Yemeği (28.02.2023); Alaca Keşkeği and Alaca Metezi (01.03.2023). A 2025 article by Esra Özata Şahin of Hitit University lists 32 applications filed by Alaca Municipality in early 2023 that had not led to registration (for example Alaca Bulgur Aşı, Alaca Düğül Aşı and Alaca Çöreği); none of them appears in the portal’s current list. These flavours are introduced together in Alaca Cuisine: Flavours Awaiting Geographical Indication.
- Kargı Municipality (mark of origin): Kargı Kirli Saç Kebabı (31.12.2023) and Kargı Sırık Kebabı (30.12.2023).
- Dodurga Municipality (designation of origin): Dodurga Kapari Turşusu (29.12.2023).
- Osmancık Municipality (designation of origin): Osmancık Pirinci (23.12.2022). The rice application pending in the portal is the Osmancık District Governorate’s 2024 mark-of-origin application shown in the table above.
- Laçin District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry (designation of origin): the Provincial Directorate’s list shows a Laçin Kızılca Armudu application dated 23.12.2022, while the Laçin Kızılca Armudu application in the portal is dated 31.03.2026 (C2026/000049).
The Provincial Directorate’s page carries no update date, and its list still shows some products that have since been registered (for example Çorum Simidi, Kışlacık Pırasası and Osmancık Yırtmaç Yemeği) as applications.
In Early Preparation
The Çorum Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism’s page (checked again on 8 November 2026) marks the following products as “dosya hazırlanıyor” (dossier in preparation): Çorum Tandır Kebabı, Çorum Has Baklavası, Çorum Semaveri (Çorum Municipality), İskilip Yırtma Aşı, İskilip Un Helvası (İskilip Municipality) and Soğan Gallesi (Chamber of Commerce and Industry). According to the TÜRKPATENT portal, an application for Çorum Tandır Kebabı was filed on 30.06.2025 (C2025/000177). The Provincial Directorate’s application list gives 23.02.2024 as the date of a Çorum Has Baklavası application; file C2024/000094, filed on the same date by the same applicant, was registered under the name “Çorum Baklavası” (no. 1791). The sources do not say whether the portal’s İskilip Helvası application (C2025/000193) is the same product as the İskilip Un Helvası on this list.
Why These Registrations Matter
A geographical indication (mark of origin / designation of origin) certifies that a product possesses qualities, a production method and an origin specific to a defined geography. Registration provides protection against imitation, economic value for producers, and a gastronomic brand for the city. Alaca district alone reaching eight registrations is a striking example of how a small district’s culinary heritage can be formally documented and protected.
Sources
- Çorum Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism — Geographical Indication Studies (official list; checked again on 8 November 2026)
- Turkish Patent and Trademark Office — Geographical Indications Portal, database (registration and application records; Çorum list accessed 8 November 2026)
- Turkish Patent and Trademark Office — Çorum Üyük Sarımsağı registry entry (Reg. No. 1906)
- İhlas News Agency — Geographical Indication Registration for Çorum Simit
- Central Black Sea Development Agency (OKA) — Çorum Üyük Sarımsağı OKA Desteğiyle Coğrafi İşaret Tescili Aldı (Çorum Üyük garlic receives geographical indication registration with OKA support), 21 October 2026
- İskilip Municipality — Geographical Indication Announcements
- Özata Şahin, E. (2025). Çorum İli Alaca İlçesinin Gastronomik Ürün Potansiyelinin Coğrafi İşaretler Açısından İncelenmesi (Examining the gastronomic product potential of Çorum’s Alaca district in terms of geographical indications). Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 68, 243-255