If you don’t mind being a little away from the main city-centre attractions then one of the nicest areas to stay in Bursa…
“Scent Village” Population: under 2,000 Other name: Gümüstepe Market day: Monday Nine km southwest of the Çekirge suburb of Bursa…
Due east of the Heykel is an attractively green area called Setbaşı whose centrepiece is a bridge over the Gökdere river valley (sadly…
Probably the single best known sight of Bursa is the so-called Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbesi) that stands in the district called Yeşil (Green), immediately…
Happily for visitors, many of Bursa’s main sites are right in the centre of town in the area known as Çarşı (the Market).…
Bursa is such a huge and hilly city that it is not initially easy to appreciate that one of its oldest quarters was…
When thinking about ancient cities once enclosed by walls Turkey is not necessarily the country that most readily springs to mind, with the…
From a base in Bursa the first Ottoman sultans rapidly reached out to snatch most of the territory around Constantinople in the…
Oğuz Turk village Population: 750 Market: Sunday If you’re staying in Bursa…
Born the son of a goldsmith at the court of Sultan Ahmed I in 1611, Evliya Çelebi became an apprentice to the sultan’s…