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Amasya

University sights in Amasya

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    Büyük Ağa Medresesi

    The impressive octagonal Büyük Ağa Medresesi was built in 1488 by Sultan Beyazıt II's chief white eunuch Hüseyin Ağa. It still serves as a seminary for boys who are training to be hafız (theologians who have memorised the entire Koran) and is not open to the public.

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