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If you like chickpeas (garbanzos),
you'll like Çorum.
The Central Anatolian city
of Çorum (CHOH-room,
alt. 801 meters/2628 feet, pop. 200,000),
242 km (150 miles) northeast of Ankara, is
a farming center, a place to buy, sell
and eat chickpeas (leblebi) and
perhaps to spend the night if
you've been visiting the Hittite archeological
sites at Bogazkale and Alacahöyük.
For example, if you've left Ankara in
a rental
car and stopped at Bogazkale on
your way to the Black
Sea coast and an itinerary through Eastern
Turkey, Çorum makes a logical
stopping-place. Although there are
a few simple lodgings at Bogazkale,
there are fancier ones, and more of
them, at Çorum.
However, if you can make it from Bogazkale
to Amasya,
that would be better. Amasya is a far
more interesting city, and well placed
for the next stage of your journey,
which may be to Samsun and Giresun on
the Black
Sea coast.
Çorum is served
by frequent buses from Ankara and Samsun (stopping
at Sungurlu), with less frequent service
to Amasya.
A few minibuses run
between Çorum and Alacahöyük
daily, but there is no public transport
connection between Alacahöyük
and Bogazkale (36 km, 22 miles). You
must travel via Sungurlu.
Distances & Travel Times
Alacahöyük: 50
km (31 miles) S, 50 minutes
Amasya: 95
km (59 miles) E, 1.5 hours
Ankara: 242
km (150 miles) SW, 4 hours
Bogazkale: 86
km (53 miles) S, 1.75 hours
Giresun: 385
km (239 miles) NE, 7 hours
Samsun: 176
km (109 miles) NE, 2.75 hours
Sungurlu: 70 km (43
miles) SW, 1.25 hours
Yozgat: 100 km (62
miles) S, 1.5 hours
Central
Anatolia
Black
Sea Coast
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