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Boğazköy

(Turkish bɔːˈɑzkœi)

(Placename) a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital

Bo•gaz•koy

or Bo•gaz•köy

(ˌboʊ ɑzˈkœ i, -ˈkɔɪ)

n.

a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite capital.

References in periodicals archive ?

2: "Hattusa (modern Bogazkoy)": the village has been called Bogazkale since 1960.

Hieroglyphic Luwian: An Introduction with Original Texts, 3rd Revised Edition

In 1975 Turkey requested from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) the return of cuneiform tablets and a sphinx, both from a site near present-day Bogazkale (Bogazkale, formerly Bogazkry) in north-central Turkey, Anatolia.

The sphinx within the wall: a tale of two Germanies and three sphinxes'

Hattusa, which was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age, is in Bogazkale town of Corum.