Merkez
Çorum's provincial center — the heart of the city and its Hittite heritage. Population: 299,565 (TÜİK 2025).
Hittites & Archaeology
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Boğazköy Museum
Affiliated with the Çorum Museum Directorate, the Boğazköy Museum in Boğazkale is a local Hittite museum displaying find…
Çorum Museum
Located in the heartland of the Hittite civilization, the Çorum Museum displays finds from Alacahöyük, Boğazköy-Hattuşa,…
Kaletepe Castle
Located southwest of Çorum's Kuşsaray and dating to the Hittite period, Kaletepe is a fortress settlement known for its …
Kuşsaray Mound
In the Düvenci Plain, 15 km northeast of central Çorum, the walled Kuşsaray Mound preserves a three-layered settlement f…
Historic Buildings
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Ali Paşa Hamamı (Bathhouse)
A historic Ottoman bathhouse in Çorum's central Kunduzhan neighborhood, built in 1573 by Ali Paşa, Beylerbey of Erzurum,…
Bilaller Konağı (Mansion)
A listed civil-architecture mansion in Üçtutlar, restored with OKA support; since 2021 it has housed the Çorum Provincia…
Çorum Castle
A square-plan historic castle in the Kale neighborhood of central Çorum, rising on a hill that commands the city and bui…
Çorum City Museum
Opened in 2024 inside the Veli Paşa Hanı, Çorum City Museum is a Ministry-approved private museum tracing the city's his…
Çorum Clock Tower
A 27.50-metre historic Ottoman clock tower of yellow cut stone in central Çorum, built in 1896 by Yedisekiz Hasan Paşa a…
Çorum Government House
After the Ottoman-era 25-room Old Government House southeast of the Grand Mosque was destroyed by fire in 1956, this bui…
Çorum Grand Mosque (Murad-ı Rabi Mosque)
A multi-domed grand mosque in central Çorum, with roots in the Seljuk era, repaired many times and renowned for its famo…
Elvan Çelebi Mosque
A historic, square-plan mosque with a wooden roof in the village of Elvançelebi, dated 1555 and thought to have original…
Eski Sıhhat Mektebi (Old Health School)
A historic building in central Çorum, built in the Neo-Classical style between 1908 and 1914, home to various schools an…
Güpür Hamamı (Bathhouse)
A historic Ottoman bathhouse in central Çorum, across from the Ulu Cami, dated by its style to the 15th-16th century and…
Hamamlıçay Hot Spring
About 12 km from central Çorum, a thermal spa with separate pools for women and men, water reaching 42 °C, used for ther…
Hamid Muzaffer Paşa Mosque
Located in the Çöplü neighborhood of the Çorum bazaar and dated to the mid-16th century, the Hamid Muzaffer Paşa Mosque …
Han Mosque (Han Camisi)
Built in 1580 in Çorum's Tepecik neighborhood, Han Mosque is a classical-period structure of rubble stone with a square …
Hıdırlık Mosque
A domed Ottoman mosque in central Çorum at the Hıdırlık locality, built in 1889 during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II…
Houses of Çorum
Two- to three-story timber-frame and adobe mansions that reflect Çorum's traditional vernacular architecture, with their…
İkiz Konak Boutique Hotel
Çorum Municipality restored the historic twin mansion İkiz Konak in Kale Mahallesi into the city's first boutique hotel,…
İstiklal Primary School
A cut-stone school in central Çorum, built in 1913-1915 as the Mecidiye Mektebi and renamed İstiklâl Primary School in t…
Katipler Konağı (Mansion)
A central-hall mansion built in 1878 on Alaybey Street; restored in 1995 and converted into a listed restaurant serving …
Kubbeli Cami (Domed Mosque)
Located in the Yavru Turna neighborhood of central Çorum, this square-plan, single-domed mosque has an unknown construct…
Kulaksız Mosque
Located in Çorum's Yavru Turna neighborhood, the Kulaksız Mosque is an Ottoman-period building of the wooden-pillared gr…
Paşa Hamamı (Taceddin Bathhouse)
An Ottoman-era bathhouse in the Kunduzhan district of Çorum's market quarter, built as a double bath in 1484 by Taceddin…
Taş Mağaza (Stone Store)
On Hürriyet Sokak in Çepni, Taş Mağaza is a late-Ottoman commercial building with a basemented, two-storey plan faced in…
Tepecik Old Police Station Building (Abbasoğlu Konağı)
Officially named Abbasoğlu Konağı but known as the Old Police Station, this late-19th-century building was restored in 2…
The Municipality Building
Built as a library in the early years of the Republic, this two-storey, neo-classical cut-stone building now serves as Ç…
Üçköy Mosque
Built by Ali Paşa in 1897 and registered as a protected heritage asset in 1983, Üçköy Mosque has a timber dome and stone…
Veli Paşa Han (Caravanserai)
Built by Veli Paşa, a lord of Yozgat; rebuilt in 1915-1916 after a 1914 fire, then restored in 2022 to house the Çorum C…
Veli Paşa Konağı (Mansion)
A timber-and-mudbrick mansion built in 1923-1924 in Tepecik by Veli Paşa's son Şevket Bey; today it houses Çorum Municip…
History & People
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19th-Century Çorum: Population, Neighbourhoods and Migrant Settlements
Çorum dropped from a sancak (district) centre to a kaza (sub-district) centre before being raised again in 1891; the cit…
Ahmet Feyzi Efendi
Çorum's mufti Ahmet Feyzi Efendi (1839-1909) founded a 6,112-volume library that became the core of today's Çorum Provin…
Ahmet Hamoğlu
Çorum-born industrialist and hotelier Ahmet Hamoğlu (1948-2022) founded the Klassis Hotel and Golf Club and Istanbul's M…
Aycan Önel
Çorum-born athlete Aycan Önel competed in the 100 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics and set numerous Turkish national rec…
Celal Ada
Çorum-born taekwondo athlete Celal Ada won bronze at 52 kg at the 1982 European Taekwondo Championships, one of the earl…
Earthquakes and Natural Disasters in Çorum's History (16th-19th Century)
According to Çorum Tarihi (History of Çorum), the city suffered a series of earthquakes from 1578 to 1824; the 1793 and …
İsmet Eker
Çorum-born MP İsmet Eker presided, as deputy speaker, over the 29 October 1923 TBMM session that declared the Republic o…
Komet (Gürkan Coşkun)
Known in the art world as Komet, painter and poet Gürkan Coşkun (1941, Çorum – 2022, Istanbul) blended fantasy and reali…
Mahmut Atalay
Çorum-born wrestler Mahmut Atalay (1934-2004) won gold in freestyle wrestling at 78 kg at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Şahinkaya Dil
Poet Şahinkaya Dil (1931 Çorum - 1993 Ankara) published twelve poetry collections and the magazine Çağdaş, contributing …
Sait Maden
Sait Maden (1931, Çorum – 2013, Istanbul) was a poet, translator and graphic designer, known for translating Aragon, Lor…
Şekip Şahadoğru
Folk poet Şekip Şahadoğru (1932-1995), from Çorum's Evci Ortakışla village, is known for the song "Şikayet Olmasın".
Tuncer Cücenoğlu
Tuncer Cücenoğlu (1944-2019), born in Çorum, was an award-winning Turkish playwright whose plays were staged in dozens o…
Turhan Kılıçcıoğlu
Dr. Turhan Kılıçcıoğlu (1931-1994) led Çorum as mayor for a total of 16 years across two terms and was the founding pres…
Yedi-Sekiz Hasan Paşa
Çorum-born officer Hasan Paşa is known for guarding Beşiktaş and building Çorum's clock tower; research shows his nickna…
Yusuf Bahri Efendi
Hadith scholar Yusuf Bahri Efendi studied under al-Zabidi in Cairo, then spent over 40 years teaching and running a libr…
Nature & Trails
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Çatak Nature Park Guide
Camping, walking and winter sports at Çatak.
Ağlı Cave
The historic Ağlı Cave, located in the castle cliffs of central Çorum, used as a dwelling and burial chamber during the …
Alköy Cave
A historic cave near Alköy in the Cemilbey sub-district of central Çorum, neatly carved into rock about 4 metres above t…
Çatak Nature Park and Çatak Ski Facility
About 22 km from central Çorum, Çatak Nature Park and the Çatak Ski Facility, opened in 1991, offer year-round nature an…
Central Çorum's Nature Breaks: Bahabey Grove, Sağmaca and Gölün Yazı
Three small nature breaks in central Çorum: the historic Bahabey pine grove inside the city, the Sağmaca trout facilitie…
Eski Ekin Cave
A man-made cave carved into rock with a stream running alongside it in central Çorum, notable for its stepped entrance, …
Gerdek Kaya Cave
A single-chamber rock-cut cave located near the village of Elmalı, about 12 km from central Çorum, notable for the relie…
Haç (The Cross Cave)
A rock cave on the cliff north of Çorum Castle, locally known as the barber's room and thought to be a church due to the…
Kılıçören Cave
A cave in the mountainous area south of Kılıçören village in central Çorum, entered through a deep corridor and surround…
Mescitli Cave
A cave carved into the rock in Çorum's central district, about two kilometers from the village that gave it its name.
Molla Hasan and Kadıderesi Cave
A natural three-branch cave located in central Çorum, set side by side; it lies about 1 km from the nearest village.
Sazak Cave
A natural cave in central Çorum, located on a rock about 500 metres from the Saçayak gorge, known for its hearth spots a…
Sıklık Nature Park
A few kilometres north of central Çorum, this 318-hectare park is one of Turkey's largest nature parks — two wildlife-vi…
Yeni Kışla Cave
A natural cave located about one kilometre from the village of Yeni Kışla in central Çorum, with an interior height reac…
Cuisine & Local Products
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City & Economy
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Building Çorum (1923-1950): Planning, Electricity, Water, Health and Education
Urban planning attempts, electricity and water networks, health institutions and schools in the town of Çorum, 1923-1950…
Çorum's First Municipality (1876) and 19th-Century City Services
Çorum's first municipal organisation was founded in 1876. The Government House, a reserve-army barracks, ten madrasas, n…
Tanning and Leatherworking in Çorum
By the early 20th century Çorum had 73 tanneries; the city's oldest production trade was concentrated in the Tabakhane (…
The Cehri (Buckthorn Dye) Trade in Çorum: the 'Golden Tree'
The natural dye extracted from the fruit of the cehri shrub that once covered Çorum's hills was sought in Europe as 'Tur…
Weaving, Coppersmithing and Blacksmithing in 19th-Century Çorum
Çorum had about 2,000 weaving looms in 1907; coppersmithing declined for lack of raw material while blacksmithing rose i…