page_title: Bursa
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Bursa / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: Bursa Yeşil Camii, 2017. Bursa Yeşil Camii, Bursa’da ilk dönem Osmanlı mimarisinin önemli örnekleri arasında yer alan bir tarihi yapı. Caminin ünü, çini kaplamalarından gelir. العربية: الجامع الأخضر، بورصة، تركيا 2017. الجامع الأخضر، واسمه في تركيا "يشيل جامع"، ويُعرف أيضاً باسم "جامع السلطان محمد الأول" الذي أنشأ هذا المسجد بعد أن وَحَّدَ الدولة العثمانية عقب الحروب الأهلية (عهد الفترة) التي تلت موت أبيه السلطان بايزيد الأول في الأسر والتي استمرت 11 عاما. يقع الجامع الأخضر في الجانب الشرقي من مدينة بورصة التي كانت عاصمة العثمانيين حتى قبيل فتح القسطنطينية عام 1453م، والجامع جزء من كُلِّيّة أي مجموعة كبيرة من أبنية تتكون من مسجد ومقام ومدرسة ومطبخ عام وحمام عام. جائت التسمية "بالأخضر" نِسبة إلى استخدام اللون الأخضر في الزينة الداخلية للجامع والبلاط الأخضر على الجدران، وحاليا تم إضافة سجاد أخضر بالمسجد ليحافظ على الروح العامة للجامع. English: Green Mosque of Bursa, Turkey, 2017. Green Mosque (Turkish: Yeşil Camii, "Yeşil Mosque"), also known as Mosque of Sultan Mehmed I, is a part of the larger complex (a külliye) located on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before they captured Constantinople in 1453. The complex consists of a mosque, türbe, madrasah, kitchen and bath.
context_page_description: Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of the Bursa Province. The fourth most populous city in Turkey and second most populous in Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of the Turkey's automotive production takes place in Bursa.
  Bursa was the first major and second overall capital of the Ottoman State between 1335 and 1363. The city was referred to as Hüdavendigar during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is Yeşil Bursa in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban fabric, as well as to the vast and richly varied forests of the surrounding region. Mount Uludağ, the ancient Mysian Olympus, towers over it, and has a well-known ski resort. Bursa has rather orderly urban growth and borders a fertile plain. The mausoleums of the early Ottoman sultans are located in Bursa, and the city's main landmarks include numerous edifices built throughout the Ottoman period. Bursa also has thermal baths, old Ottoman mansions, palaces, and several museums.
  The shadow-play characters Karagöz and Hacivat are based on historic personalities who lived and died in Bursa.
caption: Yeşil Mosque
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