by Dennis | December 19, 2014 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi
The clock tower at Tophane proudly stands in Bursa’s old citadel near the tombs of Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi. First built during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876), the original clock tower was destroyed. The existing clock tower was rebuilt in 1904 and...
by Dennis | December 16, 2014 | News and Events
Last week, it seemed like every professional and amateur photographer within a 3-country radius had descended on Bursa. The streets were full of people with big cameras hanging around their necks snapping photos in all directions. This, of course, included me—except...
by Dennis | December 15, 2014 | Miscellany
Good news, fellow pinners! You can now follow The Best of Bursa on Pinterest! It’s our attempt to pin all things Bursa in one place—or at least it’s an attempt to pin many things Bursa in one place. Please check out our boards, repin a couple of our pins, give us a...
by Dennis | December 12, 2014 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi
There are more than a dozen hans scattered throughout Bursa’s downtown bazaar complex. Çukur Han is one of my favorites. Maybe one of the reasons I like it so much is that it’s a little hard to find. Tucked away among the bazaar’s booths and shops, the front...
by Dennis | December 9, 2014 | Bursa's Delightful People, Gemlik
“You can taste it if you want, but I don’t recommend it,” my friend Arif warned me in Turkish as we walked through one of his olive groves. Or at least that’s what I thought he said. I had just pulled a green olive off one of his trees and was closely examining it,...
by Dennis | December 5, 2014 | Bursa's Delightful People, Featured Fotoğrafı, Nilüfer
This woman sits along the shore of Uluabat Lake in Gölyazı, happily making nets for the village’s fishermen. When I asked if I could snap her picture, she warmly agreed. “Lots of people like to take my picture,” she said. “I walked into a place one day in Bursa and...
by Dennis | December 2, 2014 | Bursa's Neat Places, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Osmangazi
We’d been hearing from friends and neighbors for some time that we needed to take a night and visit Arap Şükrü, the famous seafood alley off of Altıparmak Avenue in the shadow of Tophane. The problem we’d been having, though, is that when the clock strikes...
by Dennis | November 28, 2014 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi
In this week’s Friday’s Fotoğrafı, pigeons and people flock to Şehreküstü’s busy square in the heart of downtown Bursa. Located right above the Şehreküstü metro station, the square is a good starting point to explore Bursa’s downtown. From here, shopping,...
by Dennis | November 25, 2014 | Bursa's Neat Places, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Yildirim
I’m a small-town guy at heart, having grown up among cattle and cornfields. So anytime I get the chance to get out of the big city, I get a little giddy. There’s something about the slower, relaxed pace of a lonely little village that proves therapeutic for me, a...
by Dennis | November 21, 2014 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi
Shoppers come and go through the monumental main gate of Koza Han, one of Bursa’s most famous landmarks. Built in 1491, Koza Han was an important stop on the Silk Road and a major trading center for the local silk industry. Today in Koza Han, peaceful tea gardens...
