İskilip

Coordinates: 40°44′10″N 34°28′26″E / 40.73611°N 34.47389°E / 40.73611; 34.47389
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İskilip
Municipality
Old picture of the citadel of İskilip
Old picture of the citadel of İskilip
İskilip is located in Turkey
İskilip
İskilip
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°44′10″N 34°28′26″E / 40.73611°N 34.47389°E / 40.73611; 34.47389
CountryTurkey
ProvinceÇorum
Districtİskilip
Government
 • MayorAli Sülük (MHP)
Elevation
750 m (2,460 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
17,612
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
19400
Area code0364
ClimateCsb
Websitewww.iskilip.bel.tr

İskilip is a

district of Çorum Province, Turkey, on the left bank of the River Kızılırmak, located at 56 km from the city of Çorum, 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Ankara and 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Kastamonu. It is the seat of İskilip District.[2] Its population is 17,612 (2022).[1] The mayor is Ali Sülük.[3]

Etymology

Former names included Iskila (the name given to the area in

Seljuk Turkish
era), and Direklibel.

Geography

İskilip lies on a well-watered plain, several miles off the road between Çankırı and Amasya among wooded hills, at the foot of a limestone rock crowned by the ruins of an ancient fortress now filled with houses. Near the town are saline springs, from which salt has been extracted.[4] The climate is dry. The highest point is Mount Teke (1700m). The local economy depends on agriculture, especially grains and pulses, and forestry. Iskilip lies on the North Anatolian Fault.

By one calculation, the geographic center of all land area on Earth surface, is a mile or so to the northeast of Iskilip district, not far from Başmakçı, making it the centre of the world.[5]

History

People have been attracted to the saline springs of İskilip since the earliest times, and the town stands on a route through the mountains to the Black Sea coast. Therefore, this is one of the longest-settled areas of Anatolia; copper was smelted here in ancient times, when the plain was settled by the Hittite and Hatti civilizations (from 3000 BC). Rock carvings on the hill of Yivlik are said to date to the Hittite period. The area which consists of İskilip and Tosya district of Kastamonu Province was known as Tarittara or Turmitta during the Hittite era.[6]

The

Tatar
invaders.

In 1390, the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I moved against the Turkoman lords who, by now, were in control of this corner of Anatolia. After severe fighting in which an Ottoman prince was killed and the castles of Ankara, Kalecik, and others were besieged, Bayezid (the Thunderbolt) prevailed and the area was brought under Ottoman control. But the castle of İskilip had been seriously damaged, and most of the population dispersed during the fighting, never to return, perhaps wisely, as the area, in 1402, was the scene of even more terrible warfare between Bayezid's Ottomans and the Tatars of Timur following the Battle of Ankara. Following the Ottoman Interregnum, rule was restored by Bayezid's son Mehmed I, but İskilip's misfortune persisted, with destruction returning in 1509 in a large earthquake known as the little Armageddon.

At some stage, the area must have recovered, as, by the 17th century,

buckthorn for making natural dye
.

Thus, it is evident that the town has had a predominantly Turkish population since the 13th century, and the people of İskilip are said to speak Turkish with an accent that is the closest in modern Turkey to the language spoken by those first immigrants from the Central Asian heartland. In the early days of the Turkish Republic, linguists from the Turkish Language Institute conducted research in İskilip as part of the institute's program to bring authentic Turkish vocabulary into the language.

From 1867 until 1922, İskilip was part of Angora vilayet. Unable to sustain the manufacturing or large-scaled trade that fuels a modern city, from the late 19th century, İskilip has declined and is now eclipsed by nearby Çorum, much to the resentment of the people of İskilip, who will buy cars with Ankara license plates rather than Çorum and will go to great lengths to avoid visiting the provincial capital. In 1930, the first bridge over the Kızılırmak was built, with wood, to connect İskilip with Çorum. The first school in İskilip was opened in 1935, and the first high school in 1968.

Taybı Plain in İskilip.

İskilip today

Modern İskilip is a small town that provides the area with schools and other amenities. The cuisine is typical of much of Anatolia, including a particularly renowned rice-based

pastırma, roasted chick peas leblebi, a round loaf called Okkalık, and, of course, a local kebab
, which is a meat-and-vegetable casserole.

Notable people

  • Ahmet Peker (born 1989), Freestyle wrestler
  • Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman Shaykh al-Islām
  • İskilipli Âtıf Hodja
    - (d. 1926) Islamic scholar executed in the early days of the Turkish Republic for his longstanding opposition.
  • İsmail Beşikçi (b. 1939) Sociologist, historian and writer, from a conservative family in İskilip has written on issues including Kurdish nationalism, the founding of the republic and the period of a one-party state.

References

  1. ^
    TÜİK
    . Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ Gazete, Banka (23 November 2021). "Başkan Sülük'ten turşu atölyesinde inceleme". Gazetebanka.com. p. https://gazetebanka.com/. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Iskelib". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 873.
  5. ^ "ETOPO2 Global Gridded 2-minute Database". NOAA. 2001-09-01.
  6. S2CID 162335710
    .

External links
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