History Erbaa

   There have been autstanding effrots made recentlly in fields of industry and textile and organised industry foundations are established for teh efficient and systematici implementation of these works.

          It is a centre of the region and a place of trade with its peographical situation suitable for Goverment Centre, its fertile land and the developing soil, forest industry and the textile factory. Still, it is a place of settlement that is developing rapidly.

TOURISTOC PLACES:

1)Kale Village and its surrounding

2) Cedar Area

3) Hasan Uğurlu Dam

4)Düden Lake

5) Çamdibi Village

6) The fortress and caves   

    of    Akgün Village

7) Emeri, Simeri, their fortres and caves.

8) Fidi Town Silahtar Ömer

     Pasha Mosque

10) Manasköy Yerköprü

11) Osmanköy, Hacıali and Canpolat Plateaus

12) Sakarat and Boğalı Plateaus

History:

Erbaa had been established as a village with 5-10 houses under the name Erek and due to its raiped economical development, it had been annexed to Amasya Sanjak as Erek Subdistrict in 1859. In 1892, Erbaa district was taken from Amasya and was annexed to Tokat Province. It is seen that Kelkit river basin area with in Erbaa has been under the Sumerian and Hittite rules, then had been taken by the Pontus, the Umayyad an the Abbasid Caliphates, later to be retaken by the  Ottomans.

GEOGRAPHICAL SITUAATION

  Erbaa is a township of tokat Province Sea region and is situated on Yeşilırmak river basin area. Its surface is 1111 km2 and because of its location, it's a passage area between Block Sea region and the Central Anatolia region. It is 248 metres high from the sea level.

      There is Karınca Mountain (Canik) in the north and Sakarat Boyalı Mountains in the south af Erbaa, the height of which are approximately 1000-1500 metres. Erbaa Plateau is in the shape of an ellipse and is 32 kilometres long. Its width is 10 kilometres, and its bottom is all coated with alluvium.

       The dominant plants in the area are forst formations and the fors in tihe north of the towship begins from 300 metres. Olive trees, ash trees anda chestnut trees are observed in the area. Also, there is Lebonan cedar that only grows in Lebanon and Çatalan Distrist of Erbaa Township in the world.

      Erbaa is one of the most crowded townships of Tokat with its population over 100.000, 45.555 of whom live in township province. 66 per cent of the peneral population live in villages and towns however, ithe recent industrial developments in the township proince encouraged mass immigration from villages to the proince. All kind of agriculture is being made in the towship; therefore there are large areas of agriculture. All kinds of greenhousing are done in the township and the produsts are being marketed all around Turkey which enable a big amunt of income for the township. Its grape and grape leaves are famous ih Turkey; they are also marketed wither as a pickle or as a fabricated product.

       Horoz Hill in the southeast of Erbaa is one o the most important places with its rock tombs in Anatolia annd in Anterior Asia. The ruins found in Horoz Hill belong to the Hittites. It is a fact thet the historical artefacts thet will come out through the excavations that will be carried out by the State will make erbaa a tourism centre of the region.

HISTORİCAL SIGHTS

1) Horoz Hill: It  is situated in the southeast af Erbaa, in İmbat Stream location. ıt is in the shape of a natural hill now with three mounds, Üçtepeler, in the south. The antique value of the area was first discovered by Prof. Dr. Kılıç KÖKTEN in 1994. Typical objects of the Bronze Age, the Hittite and Phrygian periods had been found in the mounds of Horoz Hill. In 1954, Raci TEMİZER pointed out that this place had displayet a feature which was the same as Alacahöyük. In October af 1956, Prof. Tahsin ÖZGÜÇ and Mahmut AKOK started a systematic research in Horos Hill  location, as a result of which Horoz Hill was placed as the third importand centre after the discovered Alacahöyük and Mahmatlar in Arshaeological Literature. Some of the  historical artefacts found in Horoz Hill  have been exhibited in Amasya and Tokat Museums, some of them in Ankara Anatolian Civilisations Museum and some of them have been carried off to abroad, and still being in New York and Paris Museums.

2) Kale Village (Boğazkesen Fortress and Bridge)

It has been established in the north of Erbaa, in the foots af Canik Mountains, constructed in the narrow passage where Kelkit and Tozanlı Streams unit and was named as Karalar Fortress. It was constructed for the first time as a fortress by the Pontus Ruler VI. Mihridat and was named  as Eupatorya. Taking into consideration the strategic importance of area and its link with the Black Sea region, there was a bridge constructed by VI. Mihridat in the strait where two rivers meet and by this way, the area gained an active position. Later then, the area was tken by the Danismend and both the fortress and the bridge hat been used until the last temes of the Ottoman Period Although their current scene is that of a complete ruin, they are still regarded as a lively proof of the ancient history.

3) FIDI(Akça) Silahtar Ömer Pasha Mosqua:This work of art is one of the most beautiful and rich examples af the remaining wooden mosques not only inthe area but also in Anatolia.

    The construction of the mosque