The building is a mosque with a school attached to its north wall, in the Sakiler quarter of Zile. The inscription over the school door gives the builder and the date: Hacı Ali son of Sultan Hoca, in 903 AH (1497).
Its present name came later — Boyacı Hasan Ağa had it repaired in 1640, and it has been called after him since. It stands on a platform on sloping ground, square in plan and covered by a single dome.
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- 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).
