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Bursa


Bursa's 'photography cafe' hosts exhibitions, workshops and other events matching its antique-camera decor and arty clientele. Relax on the deck with a coffee or fruit soda, or dine on pasta, burgers and salads. A few surrounding buildings feature funky street art, and the area's burgeoning hipsterdom is also foreshadowed by nearby tattoo parlours.


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Nearby Bursa attractions

1. Clock Tower

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This is the only surviving clock tower of a group of four that once crowned Bursa's old citadel district. The towers were also used as the city's fire…

2. Tombs of Sultans Osman & Orhan

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The tombs of Sultans Osman and Orhan, founders of the Ottoman Empire, are interred in a park at the summit of Bursa Citadel. The original structures were…

3. Bursa Citadel

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Some ramparts and walls still survive on the steep cliff that is the site of Bursa's citadel and its oldest neighbourhood, Tophane. Walk up Orhan Gazi …

4. Statue of Osman

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This statue, near Şehreküstü metro station on the eastern edge of the city centre, is a good landmark to get your bearings by.

5. Bedesten

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The 14th-century Bedesten, built by Sultan Beyazıt I and reconstructed after an 1855 earthquake, is contained within Bursa's sprawling Kapalı Çarşı.

6. Kapalı Çarşı

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Bursa's sprawling Kapalı Çarşı (Covered Market) complex is made up of several historic buildings strung out along Kapalı Çarşı Caddesi, the market's main…

7. Muradiye Complex

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This Ottoman-era complex incorporates a stately medrese (seminary; 1426) and the equally handsome Sultan Murat II (Muradiye) Cami, also built in 1426, but…

8. Ulu Cami

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This enormous Seljuk-style mosque (1399) is central Bursa's dominating feature. Sultan Beyazıt I built it in a monumental compromise – having pledged to…