Corum Travel Guide
Corum
is in a strategical location of Turkey which connect Black Sea Region
to Central Anatolia Region, and has a rich content of history and
background for having a 5 thousand years of cultural history and the
rich historic legacy it contains within it's border.
The
archeological resources had been made in 1834 shows that Bogazkale
Hattusas area had been the capital for the biggest and earliest
Hittites civilizations had been established in Anatolia. again the footprints, ruins and the historical artifact had been found in the neighborhood Alacahoyuk and Ortakoy shows that Corum was the center
of Hittites Civilization.
Congress of Hittitology with many
Professor and Scientist attender from all over the world is being hold
in Corum once every 6 years, and is a very good way in international
field to advertise Turkey.
For this matter, especially for the culture tourism it's one of the popular places that gets more visitors day by day.
The Natural beauty of the city besides it's culture beauty takes attention of visitors too.
Especially those Incesu Plateaus and Canyons are worth to see visit places.
Besides Corum Nuts is famous across Turkey , and handcrafts are popular all over the city too.
Places to visit in Corum
Museums; Corum Museum, Museum of Alacahoyuk Alaca and Bogazkoy Museum Bogazkale.
There are plenty of ruins, antique cities and places with the
attributes of National Park in the area, Hattusas had been discovered
by French Architect Charles Texier in 1834 is in the list of World
Heritage Legacy of UNESCO. and the pieces had been discovered in this
area is being displayed in muses in Istanbul, Ankara and Corum, some
of the main ruins and antique cities are Hattusas Bogazkale, alacahoyuk
and Ortakoy Sapinuva.
Yazlikaya Temple, There are more than 90 gods had been draw on the
stones, goddes and animal figures with open air temple is one of the
most magnificent holy place of Hattusa.
Mosques and Religious places; Grand Mosque, Han Mosque, Hidirlik Thumb
and Mosque, Iskilip Mosque, Mecitozu Elvancelebi Zaviye Thumb and the
Mosque of Osmancik Imaret, Veli pasa House and Ali Pasa Hamam.
Monuments; Iskilip Stone Graves and Lacin Stone Graves.
Historical
Corum Houses; the historical houses of Turkish city from 19. century
is in Karakecili, Devane and in Cepni districts of the city. as well as
in Iskilip and Kargi.
Castles and Towers; Corum Castle, Clock tower of Corum, Castle of Iskilip, Osmancik Kandiber Castle, Castle of Hacihamza etc.
The plateaus of Bayat kunduzlu and Kuscacimeni , Iskilip Plateaus,
Plateaus of Karga and such as Catak Nature park and many other places
like that are available for trekking , Horse Riding, Nature Sports and
Caravan tourism. Besides these there are also spot for Paragliding in
the area
Canyon of Incesu is a wonder of natura 12.5 mt long
and is located in Incesu Village of Ortakoy , the area is good for
nature walking and rafting.
Provinces of Corum
Sungurlu, Alaca, Osmancik, Bayat, Ortakoy, Bogazkale, Oguzlar , Iskilip, Mecitozu, Kargi, Lacin and Ugurludag.
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