Yozgat

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Yozgat (old name Bozok ) is a city in Central Anatolia and the capital of the homonymous province. In 2012, the population of the city was 78 328, the province has 453 211 inhabitants. It is located 218 km east of Ankara in a valley of the Ak Mountains.

History

The city of Yozgat was founded in the 18th century by the Turkmen tribe of Çapanoğlu.

Yozgat has become known through the so-called Yozgat - method. That was after the clashes between the Ottomans and the Armenians and the Armenian Genocide, the first process of the war court, which took place in early 1919 in 18 sessions. The daily press reported at the time in great detail, so that the course can be reconstructed well.

Attractions

Attractions are the Archeological Museum and the excavations from the time of the Hittites, the National Park Çamlık, the Ethnographic Museum, the Süleyman Bey Mosque, and the waters of Sarıkaya, the ruins of the ancient city Tavium, the mosques of Yanıklar in Yozgat and Yerköy and the clock tower of Yozgat.

Sports

Yimpas Yozgatspor is a football club from Yozgat, which in the 2007/ 08 season in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu 2 Lig, the third- highest division of Turkey plays. The club colors are black and red

Yozgatspor ( YYS ) was founded in 1959. YYS plays since the establishment in the professional leagues in Turkey. His biggest success Yozgatspor in the season 1999/2000 with the rise in the former Turkish premier league ( Birinci Lig ), which a year later was renamed the Turkish Süper Lig.

Economy

Yozgat is the seat of which was founded in the 1970s Yibitaş Holding and founded in 1982 Yimpas Holding, which in Turkey in Asia ( especially in the Turkic countries ) and in Europe is active in the fields of textiles and food today.

Against the Yimpas CEO Dursun Uyar, former chief accountant of Yibitaş, is since 2005 an international arrest warrant issued in Germany. The Chamber of Commerce drew Dursun Uyar still in November 2006 for " the success of four Yimpas - export companies and they pay high taxes " from.