by Dennis | January 9, 2016 | Featured Fotoğrafı
Jason and Kaela La Farge are freelance travel writers and photographers living in Turkey. Recently, Jason and Kaela came through Bursa to capture the city with their pen and camera. They graciously offered to share some of their experiences here on The Best of Bursa....
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 29, 2015 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Miscellany
Happy birthday to The Best of Bursa! Around this time last year, The Best of Bursa launched with a handful of photos, some visiting information, zero readers, and the simple idea of making Bursa, Turkey better known to the English-speaking world through stories and...
by Dennis | August 1, 2015 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Spring, Thoughts and Musings
Almost. Thought about it. Could’ve. Should’ve. Even tried. But alas, in the end, didn’t. I didn’t enter photos into the Bursa’da Zaman Dergisi (Magazine) spring photo contest. Actually, I was all ready to go. I had chosen and edited three...
by Dennis | May 6, 2015 | Culture and History, Featured Fotoğrafı
In this Featured Fotoğrafı, Bursa’s whirling dervishes perform in the city’s Karabaş-i Veli Culture Center. Tucked away on a quiet side street in Bursa’s old Ībrahimpaşa neighborhood stands the Karabaş-i Veli Culture Center, one of Bursa’s last...
by Dennis | April 20, 2015 | Featured Fotoğrafı
One of the things I appreciate about Bursa is that despite all it has to offer in its cultural and historical heritage, it’s not (yet) a major tourist destination. This means that when we’re out and about on the streets and in the markets, we’re...
by Dennis | April 6, 2015 | Eat, Shop, and Stay, Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi
For a while, I had looked for an opportunity to get onto the top floors of one of the tall buildings around Fomara Square near Şehreküstü metro station. “The view from those buildings must be fantastic,” I thought to myself as I imagined the panorama of the old city...
by Dennis | March 18, 2015 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Thoughts and Musings
Some months ago, my lovely wife asked me to frame a few of my Bursa photos to hang on the wall in the salon above the dining table. She had even thumbed through my photo library and picked out a few of her favorites. My wife likes doors, windows, rustic, and the color...
by Dennis | March 6, 2015 | Culture and History, Featured Fotoğrafı
Now that spring is arriving in Bursa, it’s time to start thinking about dusting off the grill. With that idea in mind, I dug up this photo from last fall that I’d like to share as today’s Featured Fotoğrafı. This photo of hard-working yet fun-loving grill masters was...
