by Dennis | June 8, 2016 | Spring, Thoughts and Musings, Yildirim
A guest post by Sharon Rott Sharon Rott came to Bursa as a teacher. But in her free time, she enjoys new adventures and cultural experiences. In this piece, Sharon shares about her recent adventure on Uludağ. The hills around Bursa are full of wild cherry trees. Late...
by Dennis | May 7, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Nilüfer, Spring
On a warm, sunny April afternoon, we stood at the top of the lookout tower in the little lakeside village of Eskikaraağaç, gazing out over the beautiful Uluabat Lake. The lake stretched across the olive tree-blanketed plains under a clear blue sky and against a...
by Dennis | April 13, 2016 | Featured Fotoğrafı, News and Events, Spring
We had some high hopes for the April 9-10 weekend. This month, Bursa is celebrating the 690th anniversary of the Ottoman conquest. We enjoyed these celebrations last year, and we were looking forward to watching the festivities again this year. Regrettably, the...
by Dennis | April 4, 2016 | Spring, Thoughts and Musings
A guest post by Matt Conley We were definitely in the mood to discover a good white water run suitable for kayaking. Friends had told us it might be possible on some of the fast-running rivers around Uludağ. So after a long time staring at the Bursa area on Google...
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 | March 12, 2016 | Eat, Shop, and Stay, Spring, Summer, Yildirim
We love Turkish breakfast, and we’ve sung its praises before. We also stand by our suggestion that Cumalıkızık is probably the neatest place in the Bursa area to get an authentic, traditional Turkish breakfast in a genuinely Ottoman-Turkish village atmosphere. We...
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 | August 15, 2015 | Fall, Spring, Summer, Travel Tips and Visiting Info, Winter
One of the questions I often get asked by friends who live outside of Turkey is, “What’s the weather like in Bursa?” Some people immediately follow with another question: “It’s a lot like a desert, isn’t it?” When I respond by saying no, they sometimes look a little...
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...
