Osmancık

Osmancik
—  Town  —
Koyunbaba Bridge
Location of Osmancik within Turkey.
Country	Turkey
Region	Black Sea
Province	Çorum
Population
– Total	45.730
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	19500
Area code(s)	364
Licence plate	19

Osmancık is a district of Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, located at 59 km north of the city of Çorum.

Geography

Located on an important crossing of the River Kızılırmak on the ancient Silk Road to the orient, Osmancık has long had a strategic value, and is still today a popular stopping-place on the road from Istanbul to the Black Sea city of Samsun and further east.

Today Osmancık is known for its rice production, being especially suitable for a new strain of rice developed especially for the region by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and named "Osmancık-97".

The North Anatolian Fault zone runs right through the valley, and Osmancık is very vulnerable to earthquakes.

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Kızılırmak River and Koyunbaba Bridge

List of Neighborhoods

• YAZI MAHALLESİ
• ESENTEPE MAHALLESİ
• GÜRLEYİK MAHALLESİ
• YEŞİLÇATMA MAHALLESİ
• CUMHURİYET MAHALLESİ
• YENİ MAHALLESİ
• GEMİCİ MAHALLESİ
• HIDIRLIK MAHALLESİ
• KIZILIRMAK MAHALLESİ
• GÜNEY MAHALLESİ
• ŞENYURT MAHALLESİ
• KOYUNBABA MAHALLESİ
• ÇAY MAHALLESİ
• ÇİFTLİKLER MAHALLESİ
• EYMÜR MAHALLESİ
• KARAPINAR MAHALLESİ
• TEMENCE MAHALLESİ
• ULUCAMİİ MAHALLESİ

History

The area was settled by the Kayı clan of the Oghuz Turks as they migrated westwards into Anatolia from their heartland of Central Asia. Osmancık was one of the important destination points in the Ottoman period. Because of numbers of earthquakes the city could not keep its ancient architecture. In the last century there has been 4-5 heavy earthquakes. Being on the path of Kizilirmak made the city an important settlement point since early history. Osmancik was known as "Pimolisene" Roman and Byzantine era.

Population

Population by years
Years	City Center	Villages	Total
2008	24.678	26.486	51.164
2000	30.423	25.335	53.758
1990	21.347	31.143	52.490
1980			63.018
1970			53.849
1960			42.960
1950
1927			29.184
1907			29.473
1893			17.639
1831	4.349

Notable natives

• Osmancıklı İmamzade Halil Paşa - 15th century Ottoman statesman, in the court of Mehmed I.
• Osmancıklı (Amasyalı) Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Paşa - 15th century Ottoman statesman.
• Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmed Paşa - 18th century Ottoman statesman, rumoured to have been a lover of Catherine I of Russia.
• Gen. Ahmet Çörekçi - Former Head Commander of Turkish Air Forces
• Bekir Aksoy - Former Minister of The Government

Places of interest

• In the village of Ardıç to the west of Osmancık there is a road cut by the Ancient Romans through a rock named Çalınkaya.
• Koyunbaba bridge over the Kızılırmak, built in 1489.
• The Seljuk Turk castle of Kandiber, in the town centre.
• The Ottoman period tomb of Sufi mystic Koyunbaba.
• The Trojan war hero Achilles was said to have been finally buried on the hill of Adatepe.

External links

• District governor's official website
• District municipality's official website
• Osmancikgundem.com - City News Portal
• Osmancık Haber - Weekly Local Newspaper
• Osmancık - Weekly Local Newspaper

References

Template:Osmancık belde ve köyleri

Template:Çorum ilçeler

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Coordinates: 40°58′00″N 34°48′00″E / 40.9667°N 34.8°E / 40.9667; 34.8