Yozgat Province

Yozgat is a Turkish province in Central Anatolia. It is located between the capital Ankara and Sivas. Administrative seat of the province is the city of Yozgat. In the north of Yozgat borders Çorum, Amasya and Tokat, in the east of Sivas, Kayseri and Nevşehir to the south and to the west by Kırşehir and Kırıkkale. Yozgat is located at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the climate is dry and the winters harsh and the summers mild.

Infrastructure and economy

The region is characterized by the cultivation of wheat, which in some cases also industrial structures are in place. In Yozgat there is the Tuborg brewery, the Yibitaş - Lafarge cement plant and Yimpas, until the late 90s, one of the leading department stores in Turkey, which opened branches in Germany. The trunk road from Ankara to Kayseri and Yozgat performs further in Iran and the Middle East. The railway runs through Yerköy, Şefaatli and Sarıkent. Şefaatli was founded in the 1940s because of the railroad and now has over 30,000 inhabitants.

Counties

The Yozgat province has 14 counties with a total of 492 127 inhabitants.

  • Yozgat 96 350 inhabitants
  • Akdağmadeni 50 591 inhabitants
  • Aydıncık 11,347 inhabitants
  • Boğazlıyan 37 369 inhabitants
  • Çandır 5,371 inhabitants
  • Çayıralan 18,040 inhabitants
  • Çekerek 26,810 inhabitants
  • Kadışehri 15,530 inhabitants
  • Saraykent 18,046 inhabitants
  • Sarıkaya 38 678 inhabitants
  • Sorgun 84 591 inhabitants
  • Şefaatli 17,554 inhabitants
  • Yenifakılı 6,147 inhabitants
  • Yerköy 39 272 inhabitants

History

The area was inhabited in the Neolithic period. She was probably at least in the north, Hattish, then belonged to hetithischen Empire. In 1398 it was conquered by the Ottomans. After a brief annexation by the troops of Tamerlane, the region is since 1408, finally to the Ottoman Empire. The city of Yozgat was founded in the 18th century.

In the district of Yozgat, who belonged to the province of Ankara at the time, lived in 1914 approximately 33,000 Armenians, who were almost all killed or driven out. The genocide of the Armenians was the beginning of 1919 the subject of the so-called Yozgat method, a court-martial proceedings.

Attractions

  • Çapanoğlu Camii ( Great Mosque )
  • Çamlık National Park
  • Saatkulesi ( Clock Tower )
  • Kaplıca hammam, spa in Sarikaya
  • Kerkenes, Hittite settlement site
  • Gelingülü Dam ( Esenli Kasabası )
  • Osman Pasha Tekkesi ( Mosque)

Famous people

  • Cemil Çiçek, Parliament President
  • Bekir Bozdağ, Minister of Justice
  • Hüseyin Avni Karslioglu, Turkish Ambassador to Germany.
  • Mehmet Topuz, football player
  • Mehmet Yıldız, football player
  • Riza Kayaalp, Ringer
  • Nasuh Akar, Ringer
  • Celal Atik, Ringer
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