STRATEJİK AÇIDAN AMASYA’NIN COĞRAFİ KONUMU
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF AMASYA FROM STRATEGIC ASPECT

Summary/Abstract: Amasya, which is located in the inner part of the Central Black Sea Region, is surrounded by Samsun from the north, Tokat from the south and east, and Çorum from the west. It is also connected to Yozgat with a short border of 6 km from the south. Amasya, which is located between 40 ° 16 '' - 41 ° 04 '54' 'north latitudes, 34 ° 57' 06 '' - 36 ° 31 '53' 'east longitudes as mathematical location, Black Sea climate and Central Anatolia continental climate is under the influence of a climate defined as the transition type. The highest point of the Amasya province is Akdağ (2062m) to the north of the city center, the lowest point is Taşova district in the east and the altitude of the district center is 230 m, but it rises up to 200 m to the north. falls below. The oldest known name of Amasya, which has a history of 7000 years and was ruled by Hittite and then Assyrian, is Amaseia (Karadeniz, 1996: XIII). The famous historian and geographer Strabo, who was born in Amasya, says that the name of the city is Amaseia (from Strabo. Pekman, 1969: 59). B.C. 63 in the hands of the Romans and M.S. It is known that Amasya (Grolier, 1985: 311), which became the center of "Episcopacy" in the third century, is under the administration of Danişmendoğullari in the XI century, but there is a certain information on the date of the conquest by the Turks. is not (Turan, 1971: 133). Amasya, the episcopal center of the Romans, was transformed into an operational base in the struggle of Çelebi Mehmet after the Ankara war where Yıldırım Bayezid was defeated by Timur (Uzunçarşılı, 1988: 270). Caldiran return Yavuz Sultan Selim preferred Amasya to rest, the Nakhchivan expedition is also the break of the law, the end of the Ottoman-Iranian agreement on May 29, 1555 agreement is made (Uzunçarşılı, a.g.e: 361).

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