Alaca
Home to Alacahöyük, with its Hattian and Hittite layers. Population: 28,989 (TÜİK 2025).
Hittites & Archaeology
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Alacahöyük Visitor Guide
A visitor guide to the Alacahöyük site and museum.
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…
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
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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 …