Osmancik
Encyclopedia
Osmancık is a district of Çorum Province
in the Black Sea region of Turkey
, located at 59 km north of the city of Çorum
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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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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.
Çorum Province
Çorum Province is a province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, but lying inland and having more characteristics of Central Anatolia than the Black Sea coast....
in the Black Sea region of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, located at 59 km north of the city of Çorum
Çorum
Çorum is a landlocked northern Anatolian city that is the capital of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey, and is approximately from Ankara and from Istanbul...
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Geography
Located on an important crossing of the River KızılırmakKizilirmak
-Geographical names in Turkey:* Kızılırmak River is the longest river of Anatolia* Kızılırmak, Çankırı, a district of Çankırı Province, Turkey...
on the ancient Silk Road
Silk Road
The Silk Road or Silk Route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa...
to the orient, Osmancık has long had a strategic value, and is still today a popular stopping-place on the road from Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
to the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
city of Samsun
Samsun
Samsun is a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port.-Name:...
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
North Anatolian Fault
The North Anatolian Fault is a major active right lateral-moving strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia which runs along the transform boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Anatolian Plate. The fault extends westward from a junction with the East Anatolian Fault at the Karliova Triple...
zone runs right through the valley, and Osmancık is very vulnerable to earthquakes.
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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 TurksOghuz Turks
The Turkomen also known as Oghuz Turks were a historical Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia during the early medieval Turkic expansion....
as they migrated westwards into Anatolia
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
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 | align="center" | 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 OttomanOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
statesman, in the court of Mehmed IMehmed IMehmed I Çelebi was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421. He was one of the sons of Bayezid I and Valide Sultan Devlet Hatun Mehmed I Çelebi (Ottoman: چلبی محمد, Mehmed I or Mehmed Çelebi) (1382, Bursa – May 26, 1421, Edirne, Ottoman Empire) was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
. - 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 RussiaCatherine I of RussiaCatherine I , the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death.-Life as a peasant woman:The life of Catherine I was said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. There are no documents that confirm her origins. Born on...
. - 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 SufiSufismSufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
mystic Koyunbaba. - The Trojan war hero AchillesAchillesIn Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....
was said to have been finally buried on the hill of Adatepe.