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AREA: 12.820 km�

POPULATION: 609.863 (1990)

TRAFFIC CODE: 19

DISTRICTS: �orum (center), Alaca, Bayat, Bo�azkale, Dodurga, �skilip, Karg�, La�in, Mecit�z�, O�uzlar, Ortak�y, Osmanc�k, Sungurlu, U�urluda�.

SITES OF INTEREST: Bo�azk�y-Alacah�y�k National Park, Figan� (Beke) hot springs, B�y�k G�llicek, Ku�saray, G�zelcedere, Pazarl�, Eskiyapar and Kal�nkaya mounds, �orum, Kaletepe, Kale (E�ercida�), �skilip and Osmanc�k (Kand�ber) castles, Melik Gazi, Kalehisar, Gerdekkaya and Yaz�l�kaya settlement ruins, �skilip Bayat and K�z�lcapelit rock graves, �orum Grand Mosque, Hamid, Han, �eyh Muhiddin-i Yavsi, Tabakhane, Mihri Hatun, O�uzk�y, Koca Mehmed Pasha (�maret) and B�y�k mosques, Sinan Pasha complex, Alaca H�seyin Gazi and Ak�emseddin old theological schools (medrese), Koyun Baba Bridge, G�p�r Pasha, Ali Pasha, Koca Mehmed Pasha and Sunguro�lu baths, �orum, Alacah�y�k and Bo�azkale (Bo�azk�y) museums.

Provincial Cultural Directorate

    Tel: (364) 212 05 10
    Fax: (364) 212 05 10


State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
    K�lt�r Sitesi - �ORUM
    Tel: (0 364) 213 70 38
    Fax: 212 05 10


Museum

    �orum Museum
    Address: G�labibey Mah. M�ze Sok.
    �orum
    Tel: (364) 213 15 68
    Fax: (364) 224 30 25


Historical Sites and Ruins

    Alacah�y�k Museum
    Alacah�y�k/Alaca
    Bo�azk�y Museum - Bo�azkale
    Bo�azk�y Site - Bo�azkale
    Yaz�l�kaya and Hat. - Bo�azkale
    Ortak�y Historical Site - Ortak�y
    Eskiyapar Historical Site - Alaca

Significant Days

    Festivals:

    International Hittite Festival
    �orum
    15-25 July

    Osmanc�k Rice Festival
    Osmanc�k
    1-10 November

    Mecit�z� Sunflower Festival
    Mecit�z�
    Last week of September

    Fairs:

    Karg� Fair
    Karg�
    31 October-6 November

    Festivities:

    H�d�rellez Festivities
    Osmanc�k
    6-8 May

    Traditional Fall Wrestling Matches and Music Festivities
    �skilip
    First week of September

    Wrestling and Festivities
    Sungurlu

    Fall Season
    Berk Village Karakucak Wrestling
    Berk Village / Dodurga
    October