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the dolmuş stand for Çarşı. Dolmuşes/taxis between Kıranköy and Çarşı cost about " 1.50/
10.
There are several bus company offices along Sadrı Artunç Caddesi and just off Adnan
Menderes Caddesi in Kıranköy, where you can buy tickets to destinations including
Amasra ( " 15, two hours), Ankara ( " 25, three hours) and İstanbul ( " 40, seven hours).
Amasya
0358 / POP 90,665
Amasya is a tale of two shores. On the north of the Yeşilırmak River, rows of half-
timbered Ottoman houses sit squeezed together like chocolate cakes in a patisserie win-
dow. To the south, modern Turkey tries to get on with things in this narrow, rocky valley.
Towering above the minarets and the medreses are pockmarks of Pontic tombs, etched in-
to the high-rise bluff and guarded by a lofty citadel. Amasya's setting may evoke high
drama, but life here unfolds as slowly as the train takes apples out of town via a mountain
tunnel. In local folklore, these tunnels were dug by Ferhat, a star-crossed lover who was
tragically in love with Sirin, the sister of a sultan queen.
The Kingdom of Pontus once dominated a large part of Anatolia from Amasya. It later
prospered under the Romans and during the Ottoman era, when it became a centre of
Islamic study.
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