Hoca Behzat of Şirvan built this mosque in Tokat in 1536, and his grave lies on its qibla side. A three-stanza verse inscription below the first inscription, above the door lintel, records that local people enlarged the mosque in the reign of Abdulhamid II. Look closely at the walls and windows and the join shows: the masonry and the brick window arches differ between the domed part and the vaulted part.
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).
