Deri Baths
- Location
- İskilip, Çorum, Turquie, Turkey
- Water type
- thermal
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
The Deri Baths (Leather Quarter Baths) are a historic Ottoman hammam in İskilip District of Çorum Province in north-central Anatolia, in a hill town above the Kızılırmak River valley known for its traditional handwoven cloth and its unexpected connection to early Turkish Republican history when its religious leader resisted the Hat Law of 1925. The name Deri (leather or hide) suggests these baths served a tanning and leather-working quarter, following the Ottoman tradition of locating specific crafts in designated city sectors and naming local hammams after the trade of the neighbourhood. The baths provided İskilip's artisan community — including the tanners, cobblers, and saddlers who worked with the leather that was a staple product of the Anatolian cattle-raising economy — with the weekly bathing essential to their trade and their Islamic practice.