by Dennis | September 5, 2016 | Featured Fotoğrafı, News and Events, Summer
The 30th International Golden Karagöz Folk Dance Competition was held in July on stages throughout Bursa. Internationally renowned, the competitive festival aims to promote intercultural friendship through folk dance. This year’s event drew dance ensembles from...
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 | January 25, 2016 | News and Events, Osmangazi, Winter
World-renowned Turkish dance troupe Anadolu Ateşi (Fire of Anatolia) made a stop at Bursa’s Merinos Atatürk Congress Center on Saturday, January 23. Fresh off their 2015 world tour and gearing up for their spring tour in Holland, Fire of Anatolia has been making a few...
by Dennis | October 24, 2015 | Fall, News and Events
Bursa hosts some excellent annual festivals. In fact, many Bursa festivals are highly regarded and internationally recognized. The largest of Bursa’s festivals is the International Bursa Festival, which is annually held in June and July and features art, music,...
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 13, 2015 | Culture and History, News and Events
This month, the city is celebrating the 689th anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Bursa. Each April for the past 11 years, Bursa has celebrated this significant event. Called the Osman Gazi Remembrance and Bursa Conquest Festival, activities include a parade, art...
by Dennis | April 1, 2015 | Culture and History, News and Events
These days, the whole of Turkey is remembering and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Çanakkale (Gallipoli) Campaign of World War I. In this major battle, the British-led Allied forces spent most of 1915 attempting to gain control of the Dardanelles, the...
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...
by Dennis | January 2, 2015 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Winter
In the first Featured Fotoğrafı of 2015, the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Orchestra sings (and plays and dances) in the New Year during their Yeni Yıla Merhaba (Hello to the New Year) Concert on December 30 in Osmangazi Hall at Merinos Atatürk Center. The lively,...
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...
