In the heart of Bursa’s historic streets, right behind the Silk Bazaar (İpek Han) and next to the Sağrıcı Sungur Masjid, lies a modest site with a legendary story: The Tomb of Esir Dede. While local lore knows him as…
The mosque, designed by Mimar Sinan, is a structure built on the scale of a neighborhood mosque, where simplicity is at the forefront. The original name of the mosque is recorded as “Çavuşbaşı Mescidi.” It is listed as the 186th…
Its three-line epitaph board written in Arabic states that the construction of this mausoleum was ordered by Murad II, and built in 853 A.H. (1449) by his son, Mehmed the Conqueror, for his mother, Huma Hatun. It is also known…
Süleyman Çelebi who is the author of encomium “Mawlid” in Turkish and one of the most famous poets of Ottoman during 15th century was born in Bursa. Süleyman Çelebi received tuition from the famous scholars of the mentioned century and…
The earliest traces of human settlement found so far in the region of Ephesos were discovered on Çukuriçi Höyük and reach back into the early Chalcolithic period (late 7th millennium). At the latest since the Early Bronze Age (3rd mil-…
The Cave of the Seven Sleepers, located near the ancient city of Ephesus, is known both in Islam and Christianity as the cave where the seven youths slept. The Ahsab-ı Kehf Cave, mentioned in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Kahf, is…
It was constructed by the Architect, Sinan between 1569-1575, during the times of the Ottoman Emperor II. Selim. The building is the most complete sample of classical Ottoman style. The complex which is composed of a mosque and two madrasahs,…
The Tokat Mevlevihane Museum was originally built in 1638 by Sülün Muslu Ağa, one of the viziers of Sultan Ahmed I. It was renovated during the reign of Sultan Abdulmejid in 1850. The wooden Mevlevihane, arranged on two floors, is…
The Sadabad Mosque, also known as Çağlayan Mosque and Aziziye Mosque, is the first mosque built in the Sadabad recreational area, along with the Sadabad Palace, in the year 1722 during the Tulip Period. The original mosque was destroyed during…
The Yıldırım Bayezid Tomb was built by Yıldırım’s son Süleyman Çelebi in 1406. The architect of the tomb is Hüseyin Oğlu Ali (Ali, the son of Hüseyin). It has a square plan, measuring 10.5×10.5 meters. It is the first mausoleum…