Gümüş

Gümüş, whose name means “silver”, lies among the hills west of Merzifon. Its mines made the settlement an important source of precious metal for Anatolian rulers. A mint was established here in the Seljuk period, and mining continued under the Ottomans. Silver from the district could be sent to Istanbul through the Black Sea port of Samsun, linking the inland mines to the imperial mint and markets.