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Fascinating museum with good signage in English and Turkish. Highlights include the Hittite statuette of Amasya, the mosaics, the tomb of Sultan Mesud I in the garden, and mummies from the Mongol period, naturally air-dried in their mountain tombs.
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Halifet Gazi was a local governor who died in 1232. His mausoleum was built in his lifetime, circa 1210, so there was a fellow assured of his enduring importance. It's decorated with Medusa's and rams' heads but is in poor repair.
Amasya İkinci Beyazıt Külliyesi
A külliyesi is a religious complex with a mosque, medressah, hospital, soup kitchen and pilgrim lodgings. Often only the mosque survives, but the Amasya complex is fairly intact though several buildings have been re-purposed. It was built in 1486 and is dedicated to Beyazid II. Today it also houses the city library and a miniature museum, see below.
Impressive madrasah and mosque built by Seyfeddin Torumtay around 1267 AD. It's in Seljuk style with 15 domes and an impressive portal. Torumtay's own mausoleum is just in front, added in 1278.
This covered bazaar from 1483 is still in use. It's just unimpressive clothing and kitsch so it's a place to browse not buy anything.
Spiral Minaret Mosque
This mosque was built circa 1240. The minaret suffered a string of calamities and was rebuilt in 1730 with a distinctive spiral-fluted exterior, hence the name. Interred here are the architect and his son, but the mummified Prince Cumudar has been transferred to the museum.
Harşena hill has been used as a fortress since 3000 BCE, repeatedly stormed then rebuilt - what you see now is mostly from the rebuild of 1075 AD. It's on two levels and riddled with cisterns and tunnels. Great views of the city.