Tokat ( Tour. Tokat ) - a city and district in Turkey , the administrative center of the province of Tokat .
| City | |
| Tokat | |
|---|---|
| tour. Tokat | |
 | |
| A country |  Turkey |
| Status | administrative center of sludge |
| Silt | Tokat |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 1.923 km² |
| Center height | 623 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 124.496 people ( 2008 ) |
| Agglomeration | 176.564 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +90 356 |
| Postcode | 60,000 |
| Car code | 60 |
| tokat.bel.tr (tour.) | |
History
It was founded by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius after his victory over the Persians in 628 and named after his sister Evdokia. However, then this city did not play an important role, only the local fortress of Dazimon was of importance; more important was the nearby town of Comans of Pontus . In 1021, the Armenian king Senecerim Artsruni received Tokat from the Byzantine emperor as a feudal possession. In 1045, thanks to a dynastic marriage, Tokat moved from the Artsrunids to another Armenian dynasty - Bagratids . From 1071 to 1175, these places were ruled by the Danishmenda Turkmen. Since 1396, the Turkmen emirate of Tokat became part of the Ottoman Empire
In the 19th century, Tokat was one of the largest Turkish cities in Asia. Due to the growth of the nearby city, Sivas Tokat gradually fell into decay.
In 1912, the following people lived in and around the city:
Turks - 61,875 people
Armenians - 15 466 people
Greeks - 5,757
In 1912, in the Tokat sanjak (Tokat, Nixar, Ebraa, Zile) lived:
Turks - 151,800 people
Armenians - 37 909 people
Greeks - 27,174
Source: George Sotiriadis: An Ethnological Map Illustrating Hellenism in the and, 1918
The city had 4 Armenian churches, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 synagogue. American missionaries opened a Protestant school, and the Jesuits Catholic.
As a result of persecution of the Christian population during the First World War, part of the Christian population died, the survivors were forced to relocate to other countries.
Famous Natives
- Lazar Tohatsi - Armenian poet, scribe and church figure of the 16th century
- Tadeos Tohattsi - Armenian poet of the 16th century
- Minas Tohattsi - Armenian poet and gusan of the 16th – 17th centuries
- Hakob Tohatsi - Armenian poet, scribe and translator of the 16th – 17th centuries
- Khachatur Tohattsi - Armenian poet of the 16th – 17th centuries
- Vartan Gunanyan (1644-1715) - clergyman, archbishop of the Lviv Armenian Catholic Church .
- Nuri-gazi Osman Pasha (1837-1900) - Ottoman general, became famous during the defense of Plevna
- Savvidis, Simeon (1859−1927) - Greek artist, one of the main representatives of the so-called "Munich School" of Greek painting.
- Ugur Boral (b.1982) - football player