Tokat

Tokat is a municipality in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia, Turkey, seat of both Tokat Province and Tokat District, at the confluence of the Tokat River with the Yesilirmak. Its population was 163,405 in 2022. The city has been inhabited since antiquity and served as an administrative, commercial and military center under the Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans, positioned along important trade routes linking Central Anatolia to the Black Sea. Notable landmarks include Tokat Castle, the 13th-century Seljuk Gok Medrese and the Ottoman-era caravanserai Tashan. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/