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Osmancık
Osmancık is a town in Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, located 59 km north of the city of Çorum. It is the seat of Osmancık District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Its population is 30,537 (2022).


Geography

Located on an important crossing of the on the ancient to the Orient, Osmancık has long had strategic value and is still today a popular stopping place on the road from

Osmancık District
Osmancık District is a district of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Osmancık.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Its area is 1,273 km2, and its population is 43,297 (2022).


Composition

There is one
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
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Osmancık Koyunbaba Bridge - Night
Osmancık is a town in Çorum Province in the Black Sea Region, Black Sea region of Turkey, located 59 km north of the city of Çorum. It is the seat of Osmancık District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Its population is 30,537 (2022).


Geography

Located on an important crossing of the Kızılırmak River on the ancient Silk Road to the Orient, Osmancık has long had 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 specifically for the region by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and named "Osmancık-97." The North ...
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Baltacı Mehmet Pasha
Baltacı (Ottoman), Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (also called Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, sometimes known just as Baltacı or Baltadji; 1662, Osmancık – July 1712, Lemnos) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire, first from 1704 to 1706 and again in 1710 to 1711, and as Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy) in 1704. Early years Mehmet was born in Osmancık, near Çorum (modern Turkey). He was of Ottoman Turks, Turkish origin. He travelled to North Africa, which was then Ottoman territory. He then came to Constantinople, the capital of the empire, where he found a job as a Baltacı (Ottoman), baltacı (palace employee) in the palace of the sultan which earned him the epithet ''Baltacı''. He also worked as a secretary and muezzin (person who calls others to prayer in Islamic tradition) and earned the nickname ''pakçemuezzin''. Soon, he was promoted to be the chief stableman (' ...
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Çorum Province
Çorum () 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. Its area is 12,428 km2, and its population is 524,130 (2022). Its provincial capital is the city of Çorum, the traffic code is 19. History Excavations reveal that Çorum area was inhabited during the Paleolithic, Neolithic period and the 4th stage of the Calcolithic Age. Remains of these periods have been found at Büyük Güllüce, Eskiyapar and KuÅŸsaray. In later times Çorum and its environs were dominated by Hittites and in the district of BoÄŸazkale is one of the most important Hittite sites in Anatolia, the UNESCO World Heritage listed Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire from 1700 BC to 1200 BC. Other important Hittite sites include the open-air temples at Yazılıkaya and Alacahöyük; royal tombs; and the excavations of BoÄŸazköy including tablets proving tradings links between the Hittites and t ...
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Pimolisa
Pimolisa (), or Pimolison, was a fortified town of ancient Paphlagonia on the Halys River, near the western border of Pontus. It had been destroyed by Strabo's time, but the district on both sides of the Halys was still called Pimolisene. Its site is located near Osmancık Osmancık is a town in Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, located 59 km north of the city of Çorum. It is the seat of Osmancık District.Asiatic Turkey.


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Populated places in ancient Paphlagonia Former populated places in Turkey
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Gürkan Coşkun
Gürkan Coşkun (1941 – 22 September 2022) or more widely known as Komet was a Turkish painter. Coşkun was born in Çorum in 1941. After attending İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts between the years 1960 and 1967, he moved to Paris in 1971. He split his time between the two cities. His work is exhibited in various countries and is very respected in his home town. In his paintings, he most often blended fantasy and reality. References External links CastYourArt Videoportrait of Komet 1941 births 2022 deaths Turkish painters People from Osmancık {{Turkey-painter-stub ...
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Osmancıklı Imamzade Halil Pasha
Imamzade Halil Pasha () was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1406 to 1413.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 9. (Turkish) His son, Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha, also served as grand vizier. His title '' Imamzade'' means ''Son of an Imam'' in Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the .... References 15th-century grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire People from Osmancık Turks from the Ottoman Empire People of the Ottoman Interregnum {{Ottoman-bio-stub ...
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Angora Vilayet
The Vilayet of Angora () or Ankara was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, centered on the city of Angora (Ankara) in north-central Anatolia, which included most of ancient Galatia. Demographics At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of , while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 892,901.Asia
by A. H. Keane, page 459
The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered. As of 1920, The population of Angora Vilayat is consisted mostly
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Nationalist Movement Party
The Nationalist Movement Party, or alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party (, MHP), is a Turkish Far-right politics, far-right, ultranationalism, ultranationalist Political parties in Turkey, political party. The group is often described as Neo-fascism, neo-fascist, and has been linked to violent paramilitaries and Turkish mafia, organized crime groups. Its leader is Devlet Bahçeli. The party was formed in 1969 by former Turkish Army colonel Alparslan Türkeş, who had become leader of the Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP) in 1965. The party mainly followed a Pan-Turkism, Pan-Turkist and Turkish nationalist political agenda throughout the latter half of the 20th century. Devlet Bahçeli took over after Türkeş's death in 1997. The party's youth wing is the Grey Wolves (organization), Grey Wolves (''Bozkurtlar'') organization, which is also known as the "Nationalist Hearths" (''Ülkü Ocakları'') which played one of the biggest roles during the Political v ...
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Galatasaray S
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, rowing, sailing, judo, bridge, motorsport, equestrian, esports, and chess. Galatasaray S.K. is among the key members of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee together with Galatasaray University and the prestigious Galatasaray High School. The football branch of Galatasaray has accumulated the most Süper Lig (25), Turkish Cup (19), and Turkish Super Cup (17) titles in Turkey, thus making them the most decorated football club in Turkey, as those competitions are the top nationwide professional leagues and cups within the Turkish football system that is recognized and accounted for in accordance to the regulations set by the Turkish Football Federation a ...
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Bilal Kısa
Bilal Kısa (born 22 June 1983) is a Turkish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career On 10 May 2018, Bilal helped Akhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup. International career On 29 March 2006, Kısa played his first national match when Turkey national team was playing against Estonia national team. He was reselected for the national team during the friendly clashes against Northern Ireland and Belarus in 2013. Style of play Kısa is playing on a playmaker position generally with the assistance of two defensive midfielders. He is known with his technical moves and long range passes. Career statistics Club International :''Scores and results table list Turkey's goal tally first.'' Honours Galatasaray * Türkiye Kupası: 2015–16 * Süper Kupa: 2015 Akhisarspor * Türkiye Kupası: 2017-18 * Turkish Super Cup: 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Pre ...
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Turkish Air Force
The Turkish Air Force () is the Air force, air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons, Aviation Squadrons by the Ottoman Empire. It was composed of the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons#Structure and organization, Army Aviation Squadrons founded in 1911, and the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons#Structure and organization, Naval Aviation Squadrons founded in 1914 which used seaplanes. The Air Force as a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces was founded by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 23 April 1920. according to International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Turkish Air Force has an active strength of 50,000 military personnel and operates approximately 295 manned fixed-wing aircraft, 35 helicopters, and 52 unmanned aerial vehicles. In terms of aircraft quantity, it is the largest air force in Europe. The world's first black pilot, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, the world's first female fight ...
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