28/1/2008
TOKAT
Category: Belirtilmemiş
| TOKAT Because of its geographical position, Tokat was, in ancient times, a strategic and commercial place. Located between two steep hills, Tokat is a charming town and an active craft industry center famous for its copper work, weaving and printing of fabrics with wooden pads called “yazma” (from yazmak, which means to write). Yazma is an old folk art using mainly floral designs. There are two types of yazma, “baski işi”, done with carved wooden blocks, and “kalem işi”, drawn by hand. |
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A tradition of carved and painted wood decoration and painted murals give the “konak” (mansions) of Tokat a particular elegance.
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.
