by Dennis | March 30, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Nilüfer, See, Do, and Play, Summer
A guest post by Matt Conley Ayvaini Cave is one of Bursa’s lesser known natural jewels. Located about 2 kilometers south of Uluabat Lake not far from the town of Mustafakemapaşa, the cave was discovered in 1970 by three Spaniards and officially opened to the public in...
by Dennis | March 19, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi, Spring
Muradiye Külliyesi is the social and religious complex commissioned by Sultan Murat II (1403-1451). Built in the early 1420s, Muradiye is on Bursa’s UNESCO World Heritage site inscription as one of the historically important locations in the city. The külliye consists...
by Dennis | February 27, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Culture and History, Osmangazi, Spring, Summer
“This must be it,” my friend Ahmet told me as we pulled up to the edge of the centuries-old stone-walled cemetery in Bursa’s little Armutköy village. “But it looks more like a çınar to me.” Bursa is famous for its collection of 600 and 700-year-old çınar (plane)...
by Dennis | January 22, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Culture and History, Osmangazi
Bursa Grand Mosque (or Great Mosque) is a prominent landmark in Bursa’s downtown. With its two towering minarets and 20 domes, the building is one of the most impressive and important in Bursa. Ulu Cami’i is considered the fifth most important mosque in Islam, after...
by Dennis | January 14, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Culture and History
A guest post by Kaela La Farge The narrow street seemed to twist and turn in the darkness around dimly lit apartment buildings. The steep incline wrapped up the hillside in Bursa’s old Ībrahimpaşa neighborhood. Glowing shop lights illuminated the heat we exhaled with...
by Dennis | December 11, 2015 | Bursa's Neat Places, Culture and History
In 2014, Bursa proudly took its place as inscription number 1452 on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List and was officially recognized for its cultural and historical value as the Birthplace of the Ottoman Empire. Though Bursa was not the first capital city of the...
by Dennis | December 5, 2015 | Bursa's Neat Places, Fall, Nilüfer, See, Do, and Play, Summer
The Bursa Zoo (hayvanat bahçesi) is a nice little animal park located in Bursa’s Soğanlı neighborhood next to Bursa’s spacious Botanik Park. Situated on 20 hectares of tree-shaded green space, the zoo houses 700 animals representing nearly 100 species from all over...
by Dennis | November 23, 2015 | Bursa's Neat Places, Featured Fotoğrafı, Yildirim
Bursa’s Green Mausoleum (Yeşil Türbesi) is the resting place of Mehmet I Çelebi (1381-1421), the fifth Ottoman sultan. The tomb was constructed by the sultan himself and is located in his social complex in Bursa’s Yeşil (green) neighborhood on the east end...
by Dennis | November 16, 2015 | Bursa's Neat Places, Fall, Featured Fotoğrafı, Mudanya, See, Do, and Play
On a sunny autumn afternoon, we pulled into the Bursa’s seaside village of Tirilye looking for lunch with a view and a chance to burn through a few rolls of film (or, at least take a lot of digital photos). As it turns out, we weren’t disappointed in either respect....
by Dennis | October 15, 2015 | Bursa's Neat Places, Osmangazi, See, Do, and Play
Prominently situated next to Çekirge square stands the historic, spring-fed Eski Kaplıca Hamamı (Old Hot Spring Bathhouse), the largest, oldest, and most famous Turkish bath in Bursa. Though I’ve photographed this impressive building from the outside in the past, a...
