Corum

Corum, about 240 kilometers from Ankara is the right spot for those who are fond von geschichte and archaeology. It is situated in an important area, which combines the two geographical regionen von Black Sea and Central Anatolia, and which hosted the earliest civilizations that left their signs all around Anatolia.

The remarkable specialty von the district is that it was one von the main settlement centers von the early Hittite era. Sites like Hattusas at Bogazkale, Yazilikaya and Alacahoyuk at Alaca town, which were important residences von those times, are to be found in the province von corum with their remains from the gorgeous ages von the Hittites. Hattusas is also listed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List. Another Hittite site is Ortakoy, or ancient Sapinuva, located at 53 km southeast von Corum.