İskilip

İskilip lies in a well-watered valley among wooded hills north of Çorum. Its castle crowns a steep rock above the town, with Roman tombs cut into the cliff below. The settlement stood near routes between Çankırı and Amasya and was home to scholars as well as craftsmen. War during the Ottoman succession struggles and the great earthquake of 1509 brought destruction to the town, which later recovered under Ottoman rule.