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 | January 12, 2015 | Bursa's Delightful People, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Yildirim
“Gel, gel, gel,” Sadet said to my wife, Amy, with an inviting hand motion. “Gel” is the command form of the verb “to come,” and in Turkish culture it’s wise to obey such a command given by an elder. Amy, not sure what she was...
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...
