Construction workers discover underground city in central Turkey's orum
DAILY SABAH
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Construction workers in Turkey's central Çorum province have discovered a tunnel, which is thought to be an underground city in the past, reports said Thursday.
Workers carrying out landscape work in İskilip district informed the local museum officials after discovering the tunnel, which had an Ottoman-era shop, Doğan News Agency reported.
Çorum Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Ömer Arslan told reporters that travel notes of European travelers who visited the city in 1842 show that they had examined the manuscripts from that period.
Further research also revealed that İskilip district had a population of 43,000, and there were numerous mosques, six madrasas, a town hall, five libraries, a market place and 510 stores.
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