The neighbourhoods of Amasya's central district extend from the old town on both banks of the Yeşilırmak to the newer residential areas spreading out beyond the valley. Most of the old quarters take their names from a mosque, a building complex or a dervish lodge; Hatuniye, Gökmedrese, Mehmetpaşa, Beyazıtpaşa and Sofular are among them. Some neighbourhoods recall a community of migrants, others an old village beside a vineyard or a stream. A number of the quarter names found in Ottoman records are still in use today.
The forty articles in this section describe the neighbourhoods together with the origins of their names, the historic buildings within their bounds and their population. Pirinççi covers the surroundings of the old hospital and the Mehmed Paşa Complex, Hacıilyas the area around the Bayezid II Complex, Şamlar the Ayas Ağa Complex and the old necropolis, and Dere the Burmalı Minare Mosque. Nergis: The Old Helkis of Amasya and Kurşunlu: The Quarter Named after the Yağıbasan Han concentrate on the history of names, while Çakallar relates the tradition linking the summer retreat on the hill above the city to Prince Mustafa.
Newer residential areas are part of the series too. Kirazlıdere, Helvacı and Hacılarmeydanı represent the parts of the city that have grown in recent decades, and Fındıklı, Ormanbağları, Yeniköy and Yeşilyenice settlements that were villages before becoming neighbourhoods. İhsaniye, founded by Tatar migrants, and the Aşağı, Yukarı and Saraycık neighbourhoods of the township of Ziyaret also belong under this heading.
