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Bursa Tours
BURSA
Bursa was the capital of the Ottomans. It's
foundation dates back to 550 B.C. Greeks,
Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks made wars to
capture Bursa. In 1326 it become the capital
of the Ottomans in 1920. Greeks occupied the
city and in 1922 after the victory of Turks
in the independence wor, occopation was
ended. Bursa is very rich in monumuts
beloging to the Ottoman period.
ULUCAMI
Ulucami which was built in 1398-1400 by S.
Beyazid (Yildirim) is know as the biggest
mosque of Bursa. It was damaged in 1889 but
repaired immedieately it has two thick
minarets.
YESIL CAMI (Green Mosque)
It is the mostembellished mosque of Bursa.
It was built in the 14. century by Sultan
Mehmet.
GREEN TOMB
It is famous with its tiles and it is the
symbol of bursa. The Green tomb is the
biggest and the most beautiful tomb of
Bursa. On the tiles above the windows words
from the Hadis is writen. It was built in
1421.
IZNIK
Iznik is a town of Bursa on the Iznik lake.
It become a capital city twic timws and it
is famous for it is tiles. The council of
nikore, which aimed to solve basic problems
of Christianity met here. 1989 was dedicated
to Iznik and the tiles and Iznik were
presented in detail to the world in this
way.
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