İskilip
Also known as Iskilip
İskilip is a district of Çorum Province, Turkey, on the left bank of the River Kızılırmak, located at 56 km from the city of Çorum, 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Ankara and 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Kastamonu. It is the seat of İskilip District. Its population is 17,612 (2022). The mayor is Ali Sülük.
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- municipality
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- İskilip
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- ISKILIP Kale 1024.jpg
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- Old picture of the citadel of İskilip
- Turkey place.province
- Çorum
- Turkey place.district
- İskilip
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- MHP
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- Ali Sülük
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 750
- Turkey place.population_total
- 17612
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
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- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- İskilip today
- Notable people
- References
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İskilip is a district of Çorum Province, Turkey, on the left bank of the River Kızılırmak, located at 56 km from the city of Çorum, 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Ankara and 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Kastamonu. It is the seat of İskilip District. Its population is 17,612 (2022). The mayor is Ali Sülük.
==Etymology== Former names included Iskila (the name given to the area in Hittite times), Asklepios / Aesculapius (in ancient Greek), Blocium / Bloacium, İmad, Iskelib / İskelib (the ancient name returning into use in the Seljuk Turkish era), and Direklibel.
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