İskilip
Famed for its Ottoman timber houses and historic bazaar. İskilip is a district of Çorum Province. Population: 28,132 (TÜİK 2025).
İskilip: key facts
What is the population of İskilip?
According to TÜİK ADNKS figures for 2025, the total population of İskilip district is 28,132.
Which province is İskilip in?
İskilip is a district of Çorum province in Turkey.
How far is İskilip from Çorum?
The district centre of İskilip is about 56 km from Çorum city centre.
What is the altitude of İskilip?
İskilip lies at an altitude of about 750 metres. Its area is 1,187 km².
Trip Planning
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Historic Buildings
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Çatalkara Kültür ve Sanat Evi (Culture and Art House)
In İskilip's Temenna area, a historic house restored for painter Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu; today home to art workshops, a ch…
Evlik Köyü Mosque
A square-plan, timber-roofed historic village mosque in İskilip's Evlik village, attributed to Akşemseddin's son and dat…
Fazlalar Konağı
A historic mansion owned by İskilip Municipality in the Ulaştepe neighborhood; a DOKAP-approved project aims to restore …
Hacı Hamza Hamamı (Bathhouse)
An early Ottoman-period bathhouse in İskilip, built of rough-hewn stone and commissioned by Sinan Paşa in 1514.
Hanönü Mosque
A historic mosque in İskilip whose inscription has not survived, notable for its square-plan cut-stone and brick body an…
Hitit Köprüsü (Hittite Bridge)
A historic structure at Ambarlıkaya, discovered by Prof. Dr. N. Naumann, dated to the 13th-century BC Hittite period and…
İskilip Castle
Built atop a roughly 100-metre-high natural rock mass in central İskilip, this historic castle was used in different era…
Mihri Hatun Hamamı (Bathhouse)
An Ottoman-era double bathhouse in İskilip, built together with the Mihri Hatun Mosque. It survives today as thick-walle…
Redif Barracks (Redif Kışlası)
Located in the İskilip district of Çorum and dating to the early 20th century, the Redif Barracks is a rectangular, thre…
Sakarya Primary School
Ordered in 1925 and completed in 1926 as a three-story wooden building, this İskilip primary school is a registered hist…
Şeyh Muhiddin Yavsi Mosque
A 15th-century mosque with two domes on drums, located in İskilip's Meydan Çarşısı and built by Şeyh Muhiddin Yavsi, the…
Sinan Paşa Hamamı (Bathhouse)
A classical Ottoman bathhouse in İskilip, Çorum, built by Sinan Paşa, vizier of Sultan Bayezid II, as part of the same e…
Tabakhane Mosque
A historic mosque in İskilip, built in the 15th century by Şeyh Habib and known for its wooden dome and marble-framed en…
Taş Mektep (Misaki Milli Primary School)
Built in 1922 in İskilip's Meydan neighbourhood, Misaki Milli Primary School — known as Taş Mektep, 'Stone School' — is …
Ulu (Büyük) Mosque (İskilip)
A rectangular-plan historic mosque in İskilip, built in 1839 by the master architect Çöcükçüoğlu Hasan Usta, modeled aft…
Yazmalı Konak
In İskilip's Temenna area, a restored guest house displaying doors collected from old houses; promoted in 2013 as "Türki…
Yeni Mosque (New Mosque)
An Ottoman-era neighborhood mosque in İskilip, built in the 18th century by Kazasker Cafer Efendi, with a square plan, a…
History & People
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Ebussuud Efendi
One of the Ottoman Empire's most influential şeyhülislams, from a family rooted in İskilip: the legal and exegetical aut…
İskilip's Scholars
Names that shaped Ottoman scholarship and statecraft from İskilip: astronomer Ali Kuşçu's family, Şeyh Yavsî, Molla Cafe…
İsmail Beşikçi
Sociologist and writer İsmail Beşikçi, born in İskilip in 1939, is known for his academic research on the social and eth…
Sun'ullah Efendi
Son of an İskilip-born kazasker, cousin of Ebussuud Efendi, and four-time Ottoman şeyhülislam: the turbulent career of S…
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu Culture and Art Museum
Painter and poet Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu spent two weeks in İskilip in 1942; a museum opened in his name there in 2009, alo…
History of İskilip
İskilip, Çorum: population 28,132 (TÜİK 2025), 56 km from the city, altitude 750 m. The 'Museum Town' of timber houses a…
Museum of İskilip Scholars
Opened in 2017 and promoted as the first of its kind in Turkey, this museum tells the story of İskilip's scholars — Ebus…
Nature & Trails
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İskilip Highlands (Yaylalar)
Highlands 13 km from İskilip on the İskilip-Tosya highway, covered with pine and oak forests and used by locals for day-…
Yivlik Kayası
A volcanic rock near İskilip said to bear its oldest traces; named after Akkoyunlu lord Kara Yülüg Osman, its spring wat…
Cuisine & Local Products
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İskilip Dolması
A traditional İskilip wedding dish in which meat and rice are slow-cooked for hours in giant cauldrons, the rice steamed…
İskilip Pickles (Turşu)
A geographical-indication regional pickle unique to İskilip, made by preserving various vegetables using traditional met…
İskilip Preserved Mushrooms
Wild mushrooms — kanlıca and morel among them — gathered in the forests of İskilip and jarred as winter stores in the di…
İskilip Baklava (Gül Baklavası)
A baklava unique to İskilip, rolled in five traditional shapes — gül (rose), döşeme, şıkırdım, gazete and bülbül yuvası;…
İskilip Ramadan Keşkek
Cracked wheat and bone-in meat slow-cooked for around eight hours in clay pots in a stone oven; İskilip's GI-registered …
İskilip Vinegar Salad
The indispensable side to İskilip Dolması, dressed with İskilip's black grape vinegar; a GI-registered local salad.
İskilip Strawberries
Strawberries grown in İskilip's distinctive microclimate, protected as a GI-registered local agricultural product.
İskilip Su Kabağı Yemeği (Bottle Gourd and Beef Stew)
A sour beef stew of bottle gourd (su kabağı), soured with citric acid and closely tied to İskilip's name; a registered g…
İskilip Tepsisi (Baked Tray Meat Dish)
Red meat, tomato, onion, pepper and garlic baked in a tray in a stone-floored oven, tied to İskilip tradesmen's lunches;…
Folk Culture
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İskilip Cradle
A beloved product of İskilip's deep woodcarving tradition: the nostalgic baby cradle made by hand from natural wood.
İskilip Tokmaklı Kağnı
A nostalgic wooden toy cart born of İskilip's woodcarving tradition, fitted with a mallet mechanism that clatters as its…
İskilip's Fading Handicrafts
Basket weaving, saddle making, woodcarving and shoemaking: four crafts that survive in İskilip through the old guild tra…