Tokat
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Tokat (also called Dokia) is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia.
Variants of name
- Dahyu
- Dokat
- Dokeia
- Dokia
- Eudokia
- Evdokia
- Evdoksia
- Evtokia
- Evtokiya
- Komana
- Komano
- Toh-kat
- Tokati
- Tokat River (Tokat Suyu)
Jat clans
- Dahyu
- Dukiya (डूकिया) - Tokat (also called Dokia) is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia, modern Turkey. It is located at the confluence of the Tokat River (Tokat Suyu) with the Yeşilırmak. Geographical name changes in Turkey have been undertaken, periodically, in bulk from 1913 to the present by successive Turkish governments. Ancient name Dokia changed to present Tokat. It is probable that Jat clan Dukiya were rulers of the area and gave name to the region and the Tokat River.
Location
It is located at the confluence of the Tokat River (Tokat Suyu) with the Yeşilırmak. In the
History
The city was established in the Hittite era. During the time of King Mithradates VI of Pontus, it was one of his many strongholds in Asia Minor.
Known as Evdokia (Evdoksia), ecclesiastically it was later incorporated into the western part of the Byzantine Greek Empire of Trebizond.
After the Battle of Manzikert the town, like most of Asia Minor, came under the control of the Seljuk Turks. After the death of Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish in 1086, the Emir Danishmend Gazi took control of the area, operating from his power base in the town of Sivas. It would be many decades before the Seljuks re-took control of that region, in the reign of Kilij Arslan II.
After the Battle of Köse Dağ, Seljuk hold over the region was lost, and local Emirs such as the Eretna took power until the rise of the Ottomans.
References
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