Ertuğrul Bey Mosque

This mosque was built during the reign of Yıldırım Bayezid (1389-1402) for his son, Ertuğrul Bey. Ertuğrul Bey died in 1398 while serving as the governor of the Aydın district. His body was brought to Bursa and buried in the mosque’s cemetery. Architecture The mosque is built on a rectangular area. The main prayer hall … Read more

GAZI ORHAN BEY MOSQUE

This mosque, which is the central structure within Orhan Kulliye, was built by Orhan Bey in 1339. It is the first structure built extra muros after the conquest of Bursa. This structure, which represents one of the most important designs of the Early Ottoman architecture, is the first mosque in Bursa built with a “1” … Read more

YIGIT CEDID MOSQUE

Neither the name of the sponsor of this mosque nor the date of its construction is clear, but it is believed to be built in the first half of the 15th century by Yigitoglu Hadji Ali, who also built “Yigit Kohne” Mosque at the beginning of Cumhuriyet Road. The name of the first mosque built … Read more

YILDIRIM MOSQUE

It was built by Yıldırım Bayezid at the end of the 14th century. It has a plan scheme defined as pointy (Inverted T) or tabhaneli (with private rooms). The mosque is considered as the most beautiful work of its era in terms of stonework, as a plain structure, far from almost any kind of decor. … Read more

KARASEYH MOSQUE

It is not known on whose side the mosque, which was built in the 15th century, was built. However, it is among the rumors that the mosque took its name from Abdullah Efendi, nicknamed Kara Sheikh, who lived in the 18th century. It is included in the sources where it was used as a library … Read more

Grand Mosque

The fourth Sultan Yıldırım Bayazid built it. Sultan Şeyhül İslam Molla Fenari read the first sermon at the opening ceremony where Emir Sultan was also present and Hamidüddin from Aksaray called Somuncu Baba and made the first sermon. Shortly after the opening of the year 1400 A.D., there was an invasion of Timur and Karaman, … Read more

NEW BEZZAZ MOSQUE

This mosque was built by a merchant called Bezzazzade Ahmet, and by-named İbn-i Bazergan, during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror (1451-1481). Although being also known as ”Reyhan mosque” situated in the neighbourhood of the same name, the orginal ”Reyhan” Mosqueis situated nearby, but this mosque is called ”Asemler” Mosque. As, it is built during … Read more

MURAT I. MOSQUE AND MADRASAH

The construction of the mosque, which was built by Sultan Murad I, began in 1363. The building, which is one of the inverted ‘T’ planned mosques of Turkish Islamic Architecture, has two floors. The two-storey portico application, the lower floor of which is arranged as a mosque and the upper floor as a madrasah, is … Read more

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