Alaca
Home to Alacahöyük, with its Hattian and Hittite layers. Alaca is a district of Çorum Province. Population: 28,989 (TÜİK 2025).
Alaca: key facts
What is the population of Alaca?
According to TÜİK ADNKS figures for 2025, the total population of Alaca district is 28,989.
Which province is Alaca in?
Alaca is a district of Çorum province in Turkey.
How far is Alaca from Çorum?
The district centre of Alaca is about 50 km from Çorum city centre.
What is the altitude of Alaca?
Alaca lies at an altitude of about 950 metres. Its area is 1,346 km².
Hittites & Archaeology
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Alacahöyük Visitor Guide
A visitor guide to the Alacahöyük site and museum.
History of the Alacahöyük Excavations
From Alacahöyük's first publication in 1835 to the Republic's first national dig (1935), the 1983 pause and the Çınaroğl…
Alacahöyük
In Çorum's Alaca district, Alacahöyük is a mound famed for its royal tombs and sphinx gate, continuously settled from th…
Alacahöyük Museum
Affiliated with the Çorum Museum, the Alacahöyük Museum displays finds ranging from the Chalcolithic to the Phrygian era…
Eskiyapar Mound
On the Alaca–Sungurlu road, Eskiyapar Mound shows uninterrupted settlement from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine pe…
Gölpınar Hittite Dam
Built in the 13th century BC near Alacahöyük, the Gölpınar Hittite Dam joined the ICID World Heritage Irrigation Structu…
Kalehisar Archaeological Site
Remains of the medieval town of Karahisar-ı Demirli near Mahmudiye village in Alaca: castle, madrasa, caravanserai and b…
Pazarlı Mound (Çikhasan)
About 22 km north of Alaca, Pazarlı Mound preserves a Chalcolithic layer beneath a 7th–6th century BC Phrygian level fam…
The Archaeological Sites of Alaca
Beyond Alacahöyük's shadow: the Gölpınar dam, Kalınkaya quarry, the rock tombs of Geven and Camili villages, the Yatanka…
Historic Buildings
Across Çorum →Alaca Old Mosque (Çarşı Mosque)
Alaca's single-space stone mosque, also recorded as the Çarşı Mosque; sources date it to 1722 (Ömer Bey) and 1763 (Ömer …
Hüseyin Gazi Madrasa
A historic madrasa located about 3 km south of the Alaca district, dating to the 13th-century Seljuk period and notable …
Kalehisar Medrese (Behramşah Medrese)
A madrasa near Mahmudiye Village in Alaca, whose architectural style identifies it as a 13th-century Seljuk building at …
History & People
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Cuisine & Local Products
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Alaca Borani
A yoghurt-based traditional dish unique to Alaca, prepared with egg or mushroom; a GI-registered dish served at weddings…
Alaca Cızlağı (Çizlak)
A liquid batter of flour, water, milk, egg and yeast cooked on a griddle or pan; a GI-registered Alaca specialty named a…
Alaca Purple Onion (Alaca Moru)
Dark red-purple, with a shiny, tough skin and a sharp, tangy aroma; Alaca's GI-registered agricultural signature crop.
Alaca Yarma Aşı
Cracked durum wheat cooked with chickpeas, kidney beans and braised beef, locally known as 'diri aş'; a GI-registered Al…
Alaca Çılbır
Eggs poached in a tomato-paste sauce, enriched with minced meat or onion versions; a GI-registered Alaca dish, distinct …
Alaca Cuisine: Flavours Awaiting Geographical Indication
A dozen Alaca dishes — from bread to mantı, from casserole to keşkek — that Alaca Municipality applied for as a batch wi…
Folk Culture
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Kalecikkaya Tepreş Festival
Every July, Kalecikkaya village in Alaca holds the Tepreş Culture Festival; the village's roughly 200-year Crimean Tatar…
Alaca Camili Kilim
A geographically-indicated traditional kilim woven in the village of Büyükcamili, Alaca, with wool naturally dyed using …