Bursa is a great Turkish City, that contains and grew from the Ottoman walled town of Osmangazi. Its mosques, minarets, covered markets and madras as are now complemented by a modem city of two and a half a million. It has long been famous for its silks. The city hosted the 19th Symposium of WTFC in 2009.
Town website is http://www.bursa.bel.tr/
Baedeker 1914 Konstantinopel und Klein Asien (G) (Brussa) p264/5
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| silk market |
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| Osmangazi in Bursa |
Photos dmb from 2009 visit
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