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GREEN BURSA WITH ITS UNIQUE NATURE AND UNIQUE BEAUTIES
BURSA IS A MAGNIFICENT CITY WITH ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, UNIQUE NATURE, CULTURE, ART
AND SPORTS. ALSO, BURSA CLOSE TO MARMARA SEA, ULUDAĞ MOUNTAIN AND BURSA PLAIN.
BURSA HAS ALL THE SHADES OF GREEN AND IT IS KNOWN AS “GREEN BURSA”. THE CITY OF SAINTS…
LET'S GET TO KNOW BURSA BETTER WITH THE PLACES TO VISIT, DISHES AND AIR.
WHITE HEAVEN BURSA
ULUDAĞ, OLYMPOS MISIOS WITH ITS ANCIENT NAME, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SKI AND WINTER
SPORTS CENTER OF BURSA AND OUR COUNTRY. THE SKI AREA IS LOCATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2000
TO 2453 METERS. SKIING CAN BE DONE AT ANY TIME DURING DECEMBER AND MAY.
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CABLE CAR AND UNIQUE VIEW OF BURSA
ANOTHER PRIVILEGE FOR THOSE WHO WILL NOT PREFER PERSONAL CARS IS THE CABLE CAR. THE
BURSA CABLE CAR, THE FIRST CABLE CAR IN TURKEY, IS ALSO THE SYMBOL OF THE CITY. THE USE
WAS OPENED IN 1963 IN REPUBLIC DAY. PASSENGERS LEAVE WITH A MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF BURSA
AND A UNIQUE FOREST VIEW FOR ABOUT 16 MINUTES.
BURSA ULUCAMI AND HISTORICAL GRAND BAZAAR
ULUCAMI WHICH ONE OF THE OTHER SYMBOLS OF BURSA IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE HISTORIC
GRAND BAZAAR. THE MOSQUE WAS BUILT IN 1402 BY YILDIRIM BAYEZID WHOM ONE OF THE
OTTOMAN SULTANS. THE MOSQUE IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR EXAMPLES OF OTTOMAN
ARCHITECTURE AND THE LARGEST GLASS IN TERMS OF PRAYER AND PRAYER AREA.
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THE GRAND BAZAAR IS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE GRAND MOSQUE. THERE ARE JEWELERS, TOWEL
SHOPS, DOWRY SHOPS AND SILVERSMITHS ON THE BAZAAR. IT WAS BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE.
BURSA INNS
THERE ARE INNS RIGHT BEHIND THE GRAND BAZAAR LIKE KOZAHAN, EMIRHAN AND PIRINÇHAN.
THESE INNS ARE HISTORY SYMBOLS. KOZAHAN WAS BUILT BY BAYEZID II IN 1490 AND LOCATED
BETWEEN ULUCAMI AND ORHAN MOSQUE, IS A CROWDED PLACE WHERE TEA GARDENS ARE
LOCATED. IT IS ALSO CALLED AS SILK BAZAAR OF BURSA. PIRINC HAN WAS BUILT BY SULTAN BAYEZID
II IN 1508 AND HAS A LARGE HISTORICAL PLANE TREE IN ITS COURT. EMIRHAN IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE
OF OTTOMAN INNS. IT WAS BUILT BY ORHAN BEY IN 1350.
İPEK INN
THIS INN LOCATED NEXT TO THE IVAZ PASHA MOSQUE. IT WAS BUILT BY ÇELEBI MEHMET FOR THE
PURPOSE OF BRINGING INCOME TO THE GREEN COMPLEX. IT'S THE BIGGEST INNS IN BURSA.
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TOPHANE AND BURSA WALLS
BURSA CITY WALLS ARE LOCATED NEXT TO TOPHANE HILL. MOST OF THE 1300'S WERE MADE BY THE
ROMAN EMPIRE. BURSA WAS CAPTURED AND STRENGTHENED BY ORHAN GAZI. JUST ABOVE THE
WALLS IS THE TOPHANE DISTRICT. IT IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO WATCH BURSA FROM THE BIRD'S-EYE
VIEW. THE MARTYRDOM AND THE FOUNDER OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, OSMANGAZI'S TOMB IS
LOCATED IN THE TOPHANE PARK. THERE IS A BIG CLOCK TOWER IN THE CENTER OF TOPHANE PARK.
ON THE WAY BACK TO THE TOPHANE, ALTIPARMAK STAIRS ARE USED FOR LANDING. IT IS POSSIBLE
TO OBSERVE THE DUNGEONS FROM THESE STAIRCASES. THE PART WHERE THE DUNGEONS AND
DEEP CAVES ARE LOCATED IS TERRIFYING, BUT ENTRANCE TO SOME PARTS IS FORBIDDEN.
ACCORDING TO AN EXTRAORDINARY BELIEF, THESE CAVES HAVE AN UNDERGROUND CITY IN THE
DEPTHS.
BURSA BOTANICAL PARK
THE SOĞANLI BOTANICAL PARK, OPENED IN 1998 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HEALTHY RESTING AND
SPORTS FIELDS FULL OF OXYGEN TO BURSA, WAS ESTABLISHED ON A 400,000 SQUARE METER AREA.
THE PARK HAS 8000 TREES OF 150 DIFFERENT SPECIES, 100,000 BUSHES OF 76 DIFFERENT SPECIES,
AND 6000 ROSES OF 27 DIFFERENT SPECIES.
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BURSA ZOO
THE 200,000 SQUARE METER AREA WAS OPENED IN 1998 RIGHT NEXT TO BURSA ZOOLOGICAL
GARDEN BOTANICAL PARK. THE ZOO HOUSES DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSES SUCH AS BEAR, WOLF,
CAMEL, LAMA.
BEACH WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED: TRILYE
TRILYE IS ONE OF BURSA'S UNEXPLORED PLACES THAT WE TALK ABOUT LIKE PARADISE FROM EVERY
CORNER. THE TRILYE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HISTORY, GOES THROUGH OLIVE
CULTURE. CHURCHES LEFT FROM THE GREEKS CONSTITUTE THE BASIC WORKS OF THIS SMALL
TOWN.
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A VILLAGE LEFT FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: CUMALIKIZIK
IT IS A VILLAGE THAT PRESERVES OTTOMAN HOUSES AND ARCHITECTURE FOR 7 CENTURIES. IT IS
ONE OF THE 5 VILLAGES LOCATED ON THE SKIRTS OF ULUDAĞ.
IZNIK
IT IS A HISTORICAL CITY THAT HAS BEEN IN CULTURE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THE FOUR EMPIRES
ARE ONE OF THE RARE SETTLEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THE CAPITAL.
GREEN TOMB
THE TOMB OPPOSITE THE GREEN MOSQUE WAS BUILT IN 1421 BY ÇELEBI SULTAN MEHMET BY
ARCHITECT HACI İVAZ PASHA.
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EMIR SULTAN TOMB
THERE ARE EMIR SULTAN, HIS SON EMIR ALI, HIS WIFE HUNDE HATUN AND BURIALS OF TWO
DAUGHTERS IN THE TOMB NEXT TO EMIR SULTAN MOSQUE.
ORHAN GAZI TOMB
IT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE OSMAN GAZI TOMB IT WAS REBUILT BY SULTAN ABDULAZIZ IN 1863.
OSMANGAZI TOMB
THE TOMB IS LOCATED AT TOPHANE. AFTER THE CAPTURE OF BURSA ON OSMAN GAZI'S WILL, HE
WAS BURIED IN A TOMB BUILT ON AN OLD BYZANTINE CHAPEL KNOWN AS GÜMÜŞLÜ KÜMBET.
HOWEVER, THIS STRUCTURE, COMPLETELY DESTROYED FOR VARIOUS REASONS, WAS REBUILT BY
SULTAN ABDULAZIZ IN 1863.
KARAGÖZ MUSEUM
ON JUNE 14, 1997, BURSA BECAME A NEW CULTURAL CENTER. THE OLD TRANSFORMER BUILDING
WAS RESTRUCTURED BY BURSA METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY AND BURSA CULTURE AND ART AND
TOURISM FOUNDATION AND TRANSFORMED INTO ART HOUSE. IT IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE
KARAGÖZ MONUMENT.
IRGANDI BRIDGE
GÖKDERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STRUCTURE ON IT. IRGANDI BRIDGE, ONE OF THE FOUR
ARCHETYPAL BRIDGES ON EARTH, CONNECTS OSMANGAZI AND YILDIRIM DISTRICTS. IN VARIOUS
SOURCES, KÖPRÜNÜN WAS BUILT IN 1442 BY MERCHANT MUSLIHIDDIN, SON OF PIR ALI. EVLIYA
ÇELEBI WHO CAME TO BURSA IN THE 17TH CENTURY TELLS THE STORIES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE OF
THIS BRIDGE.
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HUNKAR MANSION
IN 1844 THE SULTAN ABDÜLMECID HAN WAS BUILT AS A HUNTING LODGE DUE TO THE TOUR OF
BURSA. THE PAVILION WAS BUILT IN AS LITTLE AS 19 DAYS. HÜNKAR KÖŞKÜ ALSO HOSTED THE
COMMANDERS OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE TOGETHER WITH ATATÜRK IN 1922.
INKAYA ÇINARI
IT IS LOCATED ON THE SKIRTS OF ULUDAĞ IN BURSA AND HAS A HISTORY OF ABOUT 600 YEARS.
ÇINAR HAS WITNESSED ALMOST ALL PERIODS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
GÖLYAZI VILLAGE
DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, THE VILLAGES, WHICH WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PLACES WHERE THE GREEKS LIVED, PASSED THROUGH THE TURKS. AT THE BACK OF THE VILLAGE
ENTRANCE IS AN ANCIENT CITY. THE SITE IS ACCEPTED AS A SITE AREA. THE LIVELIHOODS OF THE
VILLAGE ARE FISHERIES AND OLIVE FARMING. GÖLYAZI VILLAGE IS KNOWN AS THE CENTER OF
APOLLO KINGDOM. AT THE SAME TIME, STORK FESTIVAL IS HELD EVERY YEAR IN THE VILLAGE.
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