Sorkun is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

İskilip District İskilip District is a district of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of İskilip.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 ...

in Turkey. Its population is 289 (2022). The people of Sorkun have "for centuries" specialized in the production of the

güveç Güveç () is a family of earthenware pots used in Balkan, Persian, Turkish, and Levantine cuisine; various casserole or stew dishes cooked in them are called ghivetch. The pot is wide and medium-tall, can be glazed or unglazed, and the dish ...

, an earthenware pot fashioned from locally-dug clay, used for making

ghivetch Ghivetch (, , , , , / , , ) is a traditional Balkan cuisine, Balkan autumn vegetable stew most closely associated with Moldovan cuisine, Moldova, where it is a national dish. It is traditionally cooked in an earthenware pot called a güveç. It ...

, a savoury meat and vegetable stew.

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Villages in İskilip District {{İskilip-geo-stub