title: Osmancık
text: 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. Its population is 30,537 (2022).
  
  Geography
  Located on an important crossing of the River Kızılırmak 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 through the valley, making Osmancık very vulnerable to earthquakes.
  
  The town consists of 18 quarters: Gemici, Güney, Kızılırmak, Ulucami, Yazı, Yeni, Yeşilçatma, Şenyurt, Gürleyik, Temençe, Karapınar, Çiftlikler, Cumhuriyet, Çay, Esentepe, Eymir, Hıdırlık and Koyunbaba.
  
  History
  The area was settled by the Kayı clan of the Oghuz Turks 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 a number of earthquakes the city could not keep its ancient architecture. In the last century, there have been 4-5 heavy earthquakes. Being on the path of the Kızılırmak made the city an important settlement point since early history. Osmancık was known as Pimolisa during Roman and Byzantine eras. From 1867 until 1922, Osmancık was part of Angora vilayet.
  
  Population
  
  Notable natives
  Osmancıklı İmamzade Halil Pasha, 15th-century Ottoman statesman, in the court of Mehmed I
  Osmancıklı (Amasyalı) Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha, 15th-century Ottoman statesman
  Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman statesman, rumored to have been a lover of Catherine I of Russia
  General Ahmet Çörekçi, Former Head Commander of Turkish Air Force
  Gürkan Coşkun a.k.a. "Komet" - Famous Turkish artist
  Bilal Kısa, Turkish football player, still playing for Galatasaray SK
  
  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 center 
  The Ottoman period tomb of Sufi mystic Koyunbaba
  The Trojan war hero Achilles was said to have been finally buried on the hill of Adatepe
  
  External links
  Municipality's official website
  Osmancikgundem.com - City News Portal
  Osmancık Haber - Weekly Local Newspaper
  Osmancık - Weekly Local Newspaper
  
  References 
  
   
  Populated places in Çorum Province
  Osmancık District
  District municipalities in Turkey