is shaped like the letter 'v' as it follows a sharp bend in the river. Quarters Amasya consists of 37 quarters: Akbilek Bahçeleriçi Beyazitpaşa Boğazköy Çakallar Demetevler Dere Ellibeşevler Fethiye Fındıklı Gökmedrese Göllübağlar Gümüşlü Haciilyas Hacilar Meydani Hatuniye Helvaci Hizirpaşa Ihsaniye Karasenir Kirazlidere Koza Kurşunlu Mehmetpaşa Nergiz Ormanbağlari Pirinçci Şamlar Şehirüstü Sevadiye Şeyhcui Sofular Üçler Yazibağlari Yeniköy Yeşilyenice Yüzevler Twin cities Berat, Albania Brindisi, Italy Bursa, Turkey Lecce, Italy Manisa, Turkey Osh, Kyrgyzstan Prizren, Kosovo Sapporo, Japan Shamakhi, Azerbaijan Solingen, Germany Tulcea, Romania Source: See also Rûm Province, Ottoman Empire References Sources and external links Municipality official website Over 500 pictures of city and sights GCatholic with titular incumbent bio links Populated places in Amasya Province 183 BC 180s BC establishments Cities in Turkey Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Hellenistic colonies in Anatolia Greek colonies in Pontus Amasea Amasya District