Bursa

Bursa is a ceety in northwastren Turkey an the seat o Bursa Province. Wi a population of 1,905,570 (2010),Address-based population survey 2010  it is Turkey's fowert lairgest ceety, as well as ane o the maist industrialized metropolitan centers in the kintra.

Bursa wis the caipital o the Ottoman State atween 1326 an 1365. The ceety wis referred tae as "Hüdavendigar" (meaning "God's Gift") durin the Ottoman period, while a mair recent nickname is "Yeşil Bursa" (meanin "Green Bursa") in reference tae the pairks an gardens locatit athort its urban tissue, as well as tae the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surroondin region. The ceety is synonymous wi Mount Uludağ which touers ahint its core an which is an aw a famous ski resort. The mausoleums o early the Ottoman sultans are locatit in Bursa an the numerous edifices built throughoot the Ottoman period constitute the ceety's main landmarks. The surroondin fertile plain, its thermal baths, several interestin museums, notably a rich museum o airchaeology, an a rather orderly urban growth are further principal elements that complete Bursa's oweraw pictur. 

Karagöz an Hacivat shadow play characters wur historic personalities who livit an are buriet in Bursa. Bursa is an aw hame tae some o the maist famous Turkis dishes such as İskender kebap, specially candiet marron glacés, peaches an lokum. Bursa is hame tae the Uludağ University, an its population attains ane o the heichest oweraw levels o education in Turkey. Athin the Bursa Province, the touns o İznik (Nicaea), Mudanya an Zeytinbağı are especially notable for their lang history an important monuments.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns—Sister ceeties 

Bursa is twinned wi:
 Darmstadt, Germany, syne 1971
 Sarajevo, Bosnia an Herzegovinaw, syne 1972
 Multan, Pakistan, syne 1975
 Oulu, Finland, syne 1978
 Sofia, Bulgarie,
 Tiffin, Ohio, Unitit States, syne 1983
 Kairouan, Tunisie, syne 1987
 Denizli, Turkey, syne 1988
 Lefkoşa, Northren Cyprus, syne 1990
 Anshan, Cheenae, syne 1991
 Bitola, Macedonie, syne 1996
 Ceadîr-Lunga, Moldovae, syne 1997
 Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan, syne 1997 Muaskar, Algerie, syne 1998
 Kulmbach, Germany, syne 1998
 Pleven, Bulgarie, syne 1998
 Plovdiv, Bulgarie, syne 1998
 Pristina, Kosovo"Turkey's Bursa, Kosovo's Pristina become sister cities" worldbulletin.net 2 September 2010 Link accessed 2 September 2010
 Tirana, Albanie, syne 1998
 Košice, Slovakie, syne 2000
 Vinnitsa, Ukraine, syne 2004
 Van, Turkey, syne 2008
 Rabat, Morocco, syne 2010
 Bakhchysaray, Republic o Crimea, syne 2010
 Gyeongsangbuk-do, Sooth Korea, syne 2011
 Bakhchysarai, Ukraine

 References 

Category:Auncient Greek steids in Turkey
Category:Auncient Greek ceeties
Category:Bithynian colonies
Category:Bursa
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road