Facts About the Claim “The Center of the World is Çorum”

First, in 2016, allegations began to spread that Çorum was designated as the “center of the world” by Google. That year, this situation was also shared on Wikipedia as a news item. A few years later, from a social media account. Çorum is accepted as the center of the Earth by Google and NASA. When it was said, a situation that we would call “ace flags” emerged.

geographic center of the earth Corum While we laugh at the possibility that it might happen, we all have a “I wonder?” It didn’t wake up. Let’s take a closer look at this proud picture of our dear Çorum province, how is the truth?

How was the claim spread? Let’s turn our calendars to 2016;

At that time Corum is determined as a “geographical center” by Google. There was some news about it. In an attack on Wikipedia that year, a Turkish social media user shared this information with an image.

The strange thing is that the Mayor of Çorum at that time, Muzaffer Külcü, made a statement in which he said that these allegations were true. He even hung a sign saying “Welcome to Çorum, the Center of the World” at the entrance of the city.

symbol of the city This sign, which has become viral on social media, creates a smile on our faces every time we see it.

It was not enough, in 2018 these allegations came up again.

Mayor of 2018 after the national press reported the claim again Clever Rose “The determination of Çorum as the center of the world has revived tourism,” he said.

As a matter of fact, it seems that Google and NASA did not make such an announcement.

It was not actually Google that marked Çorum as the “geographic center of the Earth’s surface”. American physicist Andrew J. Woods Considering the calculations made by 1973; The geographic center of the Earth was determined to be 150 kilometers southeast of Ankara. But there is a confusing situation, which is Woods’s The Center of the Earth Institute for Creation Research; that is, it was prepared under the sponsorship of the Creation Research Institute, which is a religious institution.

According to the given coordinates, the center of the world located near Ankara on the map; At the same latitude as Mount Ararat and at the same longitude as Jerusalem. it’s called. However, as a matter of fact, there are no coordinates that coincide with the same lines. This shows that the claim has no basis, only to confirm the legend of Noah’s Flood and Mount Ararat without proof.

There is no official statement from Google or NASA on this issue.

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Introduced in 2016 This claim, which came to the fore again in 2018, its source was the modification of a Wikipedia article and the mayors of the time making their press statements. The source in the current Wikipedia article, which states that the center of the world is Çorum, is not a reliable source to confirm such a claim.

There is still debate about the exact location of the Earth’s geographic center.

These discussions actually begin in the dusty pages of history. When religions arose This controversial issue, which goes back to the past, has still not been clarified. the center of the earth Jerusalem or Mecca There are also unfounded claims that it is. But due to the shape of the Earth, it does not seem possible for us to express any point as a single and valid center.

After Çorum, it was claimed that Andrew J. Woods calculated the geographical center of the world as Kırşehir.

We talked about this situation above. According to Woods’ unproven work to find the geographic center of the Earth in 1973, the aforementioned location is 40°52′N 34°34′E corresponds to the coordinate. These coordinates show Çorum on the map, not Kırşehir. As you know, we will not mention the truth share again.

The person speaking in this video, which has gone viral recently, is a US-based real estate agency. Founder of Property Turkey and Cameon Deggin, which sells properties in the Turkish market.

To evaluate the investments of the real estate company in Kırşehir and It is believed that he pulled it to increase sales.

Long story short: Gthe truth has traveled the world three times, lying without putting on its shoes; Çorum and Kırşehir also got their share of the allegations.