Chorum ( tour. Çorum ) - silt in eastern Turkey .
| Il | |
| Chorum | |
|---|---|
| tour. Çorum | |
| A country | Turkey |
| Enters into | Black Sea region |
| Includes | 14 districts |
| Adm Centre | Chorum |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 12,833 km² (19th place ) |
| Timezone | UTC + 2, in the summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 597,065 people ( 2009 ) ( 37th place ) |
| Density | 46.53 p / km² (61st place) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | TR-19 |
| Telephone code | +90 364 |
| Zip Codes | |
| Automat code numbers | nineteen |
| Official site | |
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Geography
Il Chorum borders on Kırıkkale silt in the east, Yozgat in the west, Amasya in the south, Samsun in the southeast, Sinop in the north, Kastamonu in the northwest, Chankyry in the southwest.
Chorum is located on the Anatolian plateau at a considerable distance from the sea. The climate is sharply continental: the summer is hot and long, the winter is snowy and cold.
History
View of the Kyzylyrmak river
- 5000 - 3000 year BC. er : first settlements.
- 3000 - 1000 BC. er : bronze age. The appearance of the first cities.
- about 2000 BC. er : principality of the Hutts
- 1950 BC. er - 1850 BC. er : trade colonies of Assyrians. The first written mention.
- 1500 BC er - 1200 BC. er : The Hittite Kingdom and Its Capital Hattus
- After the peoples of the sea and the death of the Hittite kingdom belongs to the Phrygians, the Medes, the Persians and the Romans.
- After a period of diadoes, it became part of Cappadocia , then part of the Roman Empire and Byzantium .
- 1075 : the conquest of the region by the Turks and its inclusion in the Danishmend kingdom
- 1276 : the victory over the Mongols under the leadership of Emir Djelaletin
- XIV century : enters the Ottoman Empire
- 1923 : Chorum becomes a province of Turkey .
Administrative division
Il Chorum is divided into 14 districts:
- Chorum (Çorum)
- Aladja (Alaca)
- Bayat
- Bo Богazkale
- Dodurga
- Iskilip (İskilip)
- Kargy (Kargı)
- Lachin (Laçin)
- Megitözü
- Oguzlar (Oğuzlar)
- Ortaköy
- Osmancik (Osmancık)
- Sungurlu
- U Угurludag (Uğurludağ)
Culture
- International Hittite Festival in Chorum July 15th.
- Osmanchik Rice Festival in Osmanchik November 1-10.
- The festival of sunflowers in Medgitsejo in the last week of September.
- Traditional wrestling and music festival in Iskilip, the first week of September.
- Autumn wrestling and holiday in Sungurlu.
- The national holiday Kargy between October 31 and November 6.
Attractions
Iskilip-Bayat Rock Cemetery
By 2010, it is planned to make the province the tourist capital of the Black Sea region. New hotels are being built, roads, flights are opening.
Among the attractions of the province:
- Buyuk, Gyulidjek, Kussaray, Gyuzelgedere mounds, Pazarly mounds in the village of Chikhasan, Eskiyapar and Kalynkaya,
- Chorum, Kaletepe, Kale (Egerjidag), Iskilip and Osmandik (Kandyber) fortresses,
- the ruins of the settlements of Melik Gazi, Kalehisar, Gerdekkaya and Yazylaykaya,
- Iskilip-Bayat and Kyzyljapelite rock cemeteries,
- city museums in Чorum , Aladjahiük and Bogazkale ,
- The Great Mosque of Chorum (Uludzhami), the mosque of Hamid, Khan, Sheikh Muhiddini Yavsi, Tabakhane, Mihri-Khatun, Oguzkoy, Kodzha Mehmed Pasha (Imaret) and Buyuk,
- Madrasah Sinan Pasha, Madrasah Aladzha Hyusein Gazi and Akshemseddin,
- Koyun Baba Bridge
- saunas: Gupyur, Pasha, Ali Pasha, Koca Mehmed Pasha and Sunguroglu,
- Bogazkoy- Aladzha-Hüyuk National Park with ruins and a museum
- Figan's hot spring (Beke).
Famous countrymen
- Kaipakkaya, Ibrahim (1949-1973) is a Turkish revolutionary.
- Avluja, Nazmi (1975) - Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler.