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Flag of Çorum, two versions - Images by Jens Pattke, 27 April 2013
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The flag of Çorum is white (photo) or red (video) with the municipality's emblem in the middle. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
The emblem of Çorum is the Sun Disc, commonly regarded as belonging to the Hittite civilization, usually connotes Ankara and Anatolia.
After its discovery, it was first used as its symbol by the Faculty of
Humanities, and later was adopted as the symbol of Ankara University after its establishment. Prof. Dr. Aykut Çınaroğlu, a retired member of the Department of Protohistory & Pre-Asia within the Faculty of Humanities explains that the Sun Disc was unearthed during the
excavations that were started in 1935 under the direction of Atatürk,
and in fact the symbol belongs to the Hattis from the pre-Hittite
period: "The Sun Disc is made of bronze, and was commonly used over
4,250 years ago in religious as well as in other ceremonies. Just as it
was used by the Ottoman Janissary Band, it was used to produce a sound
when it was rattled, and this would affect the crowd by making them
attentive. The circle which forms the perimeter of the disc represents
either the earth or the sun. At the bottom, there are two horn-like
protrusions which in fact are not representative of horns, although
there is no clear agreement as to what they represent. The protrusions
at the top, on the other hand represent fecundity, and the procreation
of nature. The birds, also symbolize fecundity and the freedom of
nature. The fact that this was a sun disc was understood after the
discovery of a similar artifact shaped like the sun and beaming light,
and all similar artifacts were called sun discs thereafter".
Prof. Dr. Çınaroğlu stresses the point that the disc is definitely not a Hittite artifact. He explains that the disc belongs to the earliest of Anatolian civilizations whose name is known, the Hattis,
and it is wrongly interpreted as being Hittite. According to Pr.
Çınaroğlu, the sun disc was made and used approximately 300 years before the arrival of the Hittites in Anatolia. The Hattis were the most ancient of people speaking an Asiatic language in Anatolia, a group which also has influenced the Turkish language. Pr.
Çınaroğlu says that the sun disc was discovered inside a tomb of a Hatti chieftain in Alacahöyük and is to be found nowhere else but Alacahöyük, and also that the Hatti kings were buried in funeral ceremonies typically with 4-5 such symbols of similar design.
[Ankara University website (archived)]
Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 19 December 2012
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Flag of Hittite University - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
Hittite University (website), founded on 17 March 2006 in Çorum, is composed of 8 Faculties, 3 Institutes, 3 Schools and 8 Vocational schools.
The flag of Hittite University (photo,
photo,
photo,
photo,
photo,
photo,
photo) is white with the university's emblem.
The emblem, based on the Hittite Sun, emphasizes the university's motto,
“The Sun of Knowledge Enlightening the Civilization”.
The emblem associates the concepts of illumination and enlightening with
the concept of university. The concept of university refers to the
future of the country through education and training, and the sights are
identified by illuminating the environment, and even the whole world, by
giving light to the sun. A formal reference to the Hittite civilization, the university's namesake, was sought.
[University website]
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Flag of ADA College - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 May 2020
ADA Koleji (website) is a private school established in by M.A Educational Institutions (M.A Eğitim Kurumları), a group formed in 2012 by Metin Akbay (b. 1966).
The flag of ADA Koleji (photo,
photo) is white with the school's emblem.
Ivan Sache, 26 May 2020
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Flag of the Çorum Organized Industrial Zone - Image by Ivan Sache, 8 November 2019
The flag of the Çorum Organized Industrial Zone (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the zone's emblem.
Ivan Sache, 8 November 2019
