Tokat
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Yeşilırmak River (Yeşilırmak) and Tokat views.
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| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Tokat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eyüp Eroğlu |
| • Governor | Cevdet Can |
| Area[1] | |
| • District | 1,923.01 km2 (742.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 132,437 |
| • District | 182,225 |
| • District density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| postal code | 60100, 60200 |
| Area code(s) | +90 356 |
| Website | www.tokat.gov.tr |
Tokat is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey, at the mid Black Sea region of Anatolia. According to 2009 census, the city of Tokat has a population of 129,879.
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History
The city was established in the Hittite era. During the time of king Mithradates VI of Pontus, it was one of his many strongholds in Asia Minor. Known as Evdokia (Evdoksia, Dokia), it was later incorporated into the western part of the Byzantine Greek Empire of Trebizond.
After the Battle of Manzikert the town, like most of Asia Minor, came under the control of the Seljuq Turks, but remained a centre of Pontic Greek culture and the Greek Orthodox church. After the death of Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish in 1086, the Emir Danishmend Gazi took control of the area, operating from his power base in the town of Sivas. It would be many decades before the Seljuks took control of that region, in the reign of Kilij Arslan II.
After the Battle of Köse Dağ, Seljuk hold over the region was lost, and local Emirs such as the Eretna took power until the rise of the Ottomans.
Climate
Tokat has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification:Csa) with considerable maritime and continental influences.
| Climate data for Tokat | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
18.9 (66) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
18.61 (65.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.8 (38.8) |
12.52 (54.52) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.0 (50) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.4 (32.7) |
7.04 (44.68) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40.3 (1.587) |
34.2 (1.346) |
40.0 (1.575) |
56.1 (2.209) |
59.3 (2.335) |
38.0 (1.496) |
11.5 (0.453) |
5.7 (0.224) |
17.8 (0.701) |
39.5 (1.555) |
44.9 (1.768) |
47.8 (1.882) |
435.1 (17.131) |
| Average rainy days | 11.3 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 109.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 86.8 | 106.4 | 155 | 183 | 229.4 | 258 | 272.8 | 288.3 | 252 | 186 | 123 | 77.5 | 2,218.2 |
| Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Historically, copper was mined in the area.
Education
Gaziosmanpaşa University is one of Turkey's newer tertiary institutions, founded in Tokat 1992.
Sports
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Football is the most popular sport: in the older districts above the city center children often kick balls around in the evenings in the smallest streets. The city's football club is Tokatspor, which plays its games at the Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Stadium.
Basketball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, cable skiing (in summer), horse riding, go karting, paintballing, martial arts and many other sports are played. Cycling and jogging are only common along the sea front, where recreational fishing is also popular.
Main sights
The most important landmark is Tokat Castle, an Ottoman citadel with 28 towers founded on a rocky hill overlooking the town. Vlad the Impaler (Count Dracula) was imprisoned in one of its dungeons.[4][5] Other sights include the remains of several Greek Orthodox churches and a cathedral, the Garipler Mosque dating to the 12th century and the Ali Paşa Mosque (16th century) and the Gök Medrese (Pervane Bey Darussifasi), which was constructed in 1270. It was founded as a school of theology, and is now converted into a museum, housing archaeological finds from the area.
The Latifoglu Konak, a late 18th-century Ottoman residence, is an example Baroque architecture. The two-story building has been restored and converted into a small museum. Much of the furniture in the kitchen, study, visitors' rooms with bath and toilet, bedroom, master's room and harem is original.
The city is also home to Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, founded in 1992 and named after the local hero, Gazi Osman Paşa.
People
- Gazi Osman Paşa (1832-1897), Ottoman commander
- Mehmet Emin Tokadi Hazretleri (1664-1745), Sufi saint of Istanbul
- Krikor Balakian (1875-1934), Armenian bishop
- Cahit Külebi (1917–1997), Turkish poet
- Engin Günaydın (1972-), Turkish actor and comedian
- Hüseyin Akbaş (1933-1989), Turkish World and Olympic Champion in wrestling
- Seda Sayan (1964-), Turkish pop folk singer, actress and TV variety-show hostess
- Aziz Kocaoğlu (1948-), mayor and politician.
Culture
Cuisine
Foods distinctive to Tokat include Tokat Kebabı and Zile pekmezi, the latter being served in a wooden pot.
Tokat Kebabı consists of sliced lamb, aubergines, potatoes, green bell peppers and tomatoes. The slices are laid on their sides in rows in a dish and baked with cloves of garlic.[6]
Zile pekmezi is a grape-molasses confection, prepared from a variety of small green grapes, which are pressed (traditionally by foot but nowadays by machine) and then evaporated to a thick syrup by boiling. Egg-whites are then beaten into the syrup until it forms a pale marshmallow-like paste. It is sold commercially in tubs.[7]
International relations
Tokat is twinned with:
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See also
References
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- ↑ Resmi İstatistikler (İllerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler) DMİ.gov.tr (4 September 2014)
- ↑ 'Dracula's Dungeon' Discovered by Archaeologists at Tokat Castle in Turkey
- ↑ Archaeologists In Turkey Say They've Discovered Dracula's Dungeon
- ↑ Tokat Kebabı on YouTube
- ↑ "Zile pekmezi", Zile haber (Commerce of Zile), Tokat, Turkey (Turkish)
- ↑ Tokat’ın kardeş şehir ve belediyeleri, Tokat Newspaper, (16 June 2013)
- ↑ İllere Göre Kardeş Şehirler, Presidency of Religious Affairs (2013)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokat. |
- Tokat at kultur.gov.tr
- Tokat web news
