21/11/2008 - Tokat About...

Because of its bounded position, Tokat was, in age-old times, a cardinal and bartering place. Located amid two abrupt hills, Tokat is a absorbing boondocks and an alive ability industry centermost acclaimed for its chestnut work, aberrant and press of fabrics with board pads alleged âl yazma (from yazmak, which agency to write). Yazma is an old folk art application mainly floral designs. There are two types of yazma, baskı işi, done with carved board blocks, and kalem işi, fatigued by hand.

Places of interest:

The Madımağın and Latifoğlu Konakları are mansions which have been restaured showing the splendor of wealthy life in rural Turkey in the 19th century.

The Citadel, with its 28 towers, is an ancient building transformed by the Seljuks and the Ottomans.

Garipler Camii, a mosque from the 12C.

Ali Paşa Camii from the 16C.

Gök Medrese (1270) is an old school of theology transformed into the Archaeoligical Museum housing local finds.

Hatuniye Medresesi is a complex built by Sultan Beyazıt II in the 16C.

The Seljuk bridge on the Yeşilırmak River.