Ortaköy, Çorum
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Ortaköy is a district of Çorum Province, Turkey. Ortaköy is also the site of the ancient Hittite city of Sapinuwa dating to the second millennium BC.
[edit] Archaeological Sites
There are two ancient settlements in the area of Ortaköy. The oldest is found on top of a mound, but the later Hittite city was laid out on the flat plain.
(main: Sapinuwa) The city of Sapinuwa overlooks a fertile plain and is a key point on the road to Hattusa from the west. The city was an important administrative, political, military and religious center in the Hittite kingdom.
Excavations started in 1990 by Turkish archaeologists from Ankara university. The most important finds discovered so far are an official building with an archive of cuneiform tablets dating to the Hittite empire, and a large store house.
The site was used as a cemetery during the Roman period.
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Çorum | Alaca | Bayat | Boğazkale | Dodurga | İskilip | Kargı | Laçin | Mecitözü | Oğuzlar | Ortaköy | Osmancık | Sungurlu | Uğurludağ |
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