Amasya City

Amasya city is known as the best site for the total solar eclipse, such as the one on 11 August 1999, where many visitors came to see this rare event.

The climate of Amasya city and its region has special advantages, which are unique to the rest of the country. Summer is hot, winter is cold and rainy, and although it is cold in winter, it is warm for the central Anatolia region due to its mixed climate The Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea climate, as well as the Amasya River passing through it, which gives it a volatile climate.

Access to Amasya can be reached through Merzifon Airport, which is about 40 kilometers from Amasya. It was created to link the entire state of the cities with the rest of the Turkish cities and organize daily trips. Buses are also on the way, with passengers on board today from Istanbul and Ankara to Amasya, and some can reach their cars by crossing the nearby city of Samsun.

Amasya is known as the apple region, and is famous for its name because it produces a quality of red apple, which is red in color and has yellowish green stripes and is very white. Amasya produces several crops such as peaches, cherries, okra, It is famous at the state level.

Amasya has many tourist sites and facilities. The restaurants and cafés on boats on the southern bank of the river since its arrival in the city, as an open-air museum in this city, because there are many models of local Sahzade figures in the region , And later became sultans and governors in the Ottoman Empire, including Sultan Sulaiman al-kanuni and also Sultan Mohammed al-Fateh.

The Museum of the tombs Kings valley is one of the most important natural museums in the world. Amasya also has some nightlife, especially bars and cafés for visitors and some basic restaurants. It is not a very conservative city unlike other central and eastern Anatolia cities.

The Amasya Archaeological Museum houses a large and interesting collection of artifacts from many antiquity times, including the mummies of Ilkhanli rulers in Amasya. Barabay Lake is located 65 km northeast of Amasya in the Tasova region, a lake with an impressive view and fresh air, is an ideal area for fishing (especially trout), hiking and sports.

Education in Amasya

The University of Amasya is founded on 17 March 2006. The University dates back to 1974, when the Ministry of Education established a teacher training institution in Amasya. In 1975, the Ministry of Education also established a vocational school in Amasya.

In 1982, when the Higher Education Council was established, these two schools became units of the University of Ondokuz Mayıs in Samsun. In the 2011-2012 academic year, the University of Amasya taught students through five faculties, including education, science, arts, architecture, technology and medicine.

Amasya University has limited international agreements compared to other universities, but the number of international conventions and programs is growing rapidly. The university has some international exchange programs such as Erasmus, Grundtvig, Leonardo and Comenius. Each year a limited number of students come to foreign universities through these programs.