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Traditional Çorum Houses

The settlement of our city is suitable for development. In recent years, our city has developed a lot.
However, the development of our city has also affected its city plan. The buildings which reflect its history and architecture have been collapsed one by one. The ones who are still alive are now under protection. However, the protection of these buildings is not enough. The development of the city should be in harmony with the historical architecture of the city.

Çorum houses have an important place in Çorum architecture, but we can’t say that all these houses have ben protected well in terms of all these features. Today, very few houses have these features and these houses belong to the 19th and the early 20th century.

Quarter is the most important settlement unit in Turkish cities. The order:  quarter , street, yard, garden, hall, room. Traditional Turkish house definitely has a small or a big garden. It has also its own plan and it is always in hormony with nature. Çorum houses also have the qualities of the era in which they were built.

The plan of Çorum houses are also a mixture of  local qualities and traditional Turkish style. Land structures, environmental conditions and  the family's economic conditions influence this plan and different plan patterns were developed.

Çorum houses generally have two floors. In the structure, the technique called “hımış”, in which the wooden skeleton is filled with mud, is used. And another technique called “Bağdadi” in which the timber and thin strips are used and plastered with mud is also seen. Houses are generally built in the corner of the street or in the northern part of the gardens. There is no door to the street directly from the house. The household especially the women can walk comfortably around the garden which is surrounded by high walls. The street door is made of wood and it has wings. On the door, there is doorknocker which is in the shape of tight fist. These doors are carved, plain or covered with copper sheet. Some houses are built facing the street and these parts have no windows or built very high. These houses are two storey houses and mostly the first floor consists of kitchen, and cellar. And it has also a winter room in case the winter is too cold. Most of people’s life pass on the second floor. They climb to this floor with a wooden , railed and twisting stairs. These rooms are used for eating, sleeping and sitting. One of the rooms are built bigger and more comfortable than others in order for the guests to stay. The upstairs rooms have exit to the street and its view is larger than the downstair rooms.

The houses have penthouses and these penthouses are used as balconies. The floor and ceilings of the houses are generally made of wood. Some ceilings of the houses have ornaments. Cupboards, sessiled fireplaces are the main parts in rooms. The fireplaces are ornamented with carvings. Niches on both sides of fireplace are used to put things.

The inside and the outside walls are plastered with lime. There are different types of roofs such as kırma and beşik roofs. The roofs are covered with classical roof tiles. In course of time, Marseilles tiles replaced classical tiles.On some houses there are plates on which you can find the construction date of the house.

Some examples of Çorum houses are : Katipler Mansion which is used as a restaurant now in Alaybey Street and Alaybey Mansion, Damatoğulları House in Üçhudutlar quarter, Tekkeli Hoca House in Osmancık Street. Today, we don’t have streets which reflect ancient Çorum. Some houses in Karakeçil, Üçhudutlar and Devane are still under danger. 

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