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 | June 1, 2016 | Bursa's Delightful People, Culture and History
Tucked away in his Karagöz Antiques souvenir shop in Bursa’s Eski Aynalı Çarşı, Mr. Şinasi Çelikkol labors away at his two loves: purveying Turkish antiques and promoting traditional Ottoman shadow puppetry. Şinasi Bey’s antique shop is an overstuffed little room in...
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 | November 7, 2015 | Fall, See, Do, and Play, Summer, Travel Tips and Visiting Info
**Download this article to your iOS device now with the GPSMyCity article app! Planning on visiting Bursa with your children? Bursa does not usually rank high on lists of kid-friendly Turkish cities for family travelers. With UNESCO’s recognition of Bursa as the...
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 | 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...
by Dennis | September 27, 2015 | Eat, Shop, and Stay, Nilüfer, See, Do, and Play
Tucked away in an unassuming residential neighborhood a few blocks from Nilüfer’s bustling Fatih Sultan Mehmet (F.S.M.) Boulevard lies the eclectic and lively oasis known as Podyum Park Bursa. Newly opened in 2015, Podyum Park is an open-air dining, shopping, and...
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...
