The tomb in the centre of Turhal holds the grave of Ahi Yusuf, known as the patron of the packsaddle makers. The inscription over the entrance on the east face dates it to 723 AH, that is 1323.
It is close to square in plan and covered with a flat roof, with rectangular windows on the north and west faces and a mihrab niche in the south wall. Inside and out it has been rendered in cement. A wheel-of-fortune motif is carved on either side of the inscription.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Tokat as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2 °C in January to 22.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (59 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
