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Çorum, Turkey

Description: Çorum is the capital of Çorum Province which is inland from the Black Sea coast in central Turkey.

Newest Review: ... you are a couple of hotels; we chose the cheaper looking of the two but we could easily have afforded the other which, in spite of its relative glitziness, was still cheap by UK standards. However this was near the beginning of our trip and we were cash conscious. The truth is that Corum has one vaguely luxury hotel, the rest only varying in degrees of basic. If you stay in a hotel in Corum ... more

... it's inevitable that you'll be finding your own breakfast, which is not difficult. If you were to go left this will take you into the very centre of the town, where a very British-looking clock-tower stands at a road junction. On one side of the roundab...more

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Çorum, Turkey: Corum - chickpea central! (1454 words)
by - written on 20/12/08 (Very useful, 212 readings)
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Have you ever given much thought to the humble chickpea? I don't suppose you have; even if you really like chickpeas you have probably never stopped to consider them more deeply (unlike the hapless Jade Goody who once asked if they contained chicken). I love chickpeas though I freely admit they're not something I dwell on regularly. Actually that's only partly true: when I found out that the Turkish town of Corum is the global chickpea capital (that's my designation not the United Nations'), I had to ensure it was incorporated into my Black Sea trip in 2006. Corum is a good day's coach ride (including an extended motorway services stop to have the ... Read the complete review