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• Bursa’s Golden Karagöz Folk Dance Competition
  on Sep 5, 2016 in Featured Fotoğrafı News and Events Arts Community Events Entertainment Festivals Guest Contributions
  The 30th International Golden Karagöz Folk Dance Competition was held in July on stages throughout Bursa. Internationally renowned, the competitive festival aims to promote intercultural friendship through folk dance. This year’s event drew da...
• Snapshots of a Turkish Bazaar
  on Aug 25, 2016 in Culture and History Thoughts and Musings Culture Lifestyles & Customs Shops & Shopping Street Photos
  Even if you’ve never visited Turkey, you’ve no doubt heard about Turkish bazaars. Loud, crowded, and odoriferous, bazaars (“pazar” in Turkish) have been the mainstay of neighborhood commerce in Turkey for centuries. As such, v...
• Tavla and Okey: The Games We Play
  on Jul 26, 2016 in Culture and History Culture Guest Contributions Lifestyles & Customs Sport
• Camel Wrestling: A Cultural Experience
  on Jul 15, 2016 in Culture and History Culture Guest Contributions Lifestyles & Customs Sport
  A guest post by Sharon Rott Camel wrestling is a unique and popular Turkish sport. Each year in the early spring months, camel wrestling events (deve güreşi) are held every Sunday in cities and villages throughout Turkey’s Aegean coastal region.
• A Roundup of Bursa Videos
  on Jul 9, 2016 in Travel Tips and Visiting Info Bursa At Large Travel Information
  In recent years, the Bursa provincial government (under the name Ulu Şehir) has commissioned a number of outstanding short videos highlighting some of Bursa’s neat attractions. A few others travelers have made some nice Bursa videos as well. Many...
• Sipping Tea under the Īnkaya Çınar
  on Jun 23, 2016 in Bursa's Neat Places Eat, Shop, and Stay Food & Drink Outside the City Parks & Green Spaces Places to Visit Villages
  Tucked away in the center of a sleepy little village just above Bursa’s Çekirge neighborhood on the road to Uludağ you’ll find the giant, sprawling 600-year old plane tree known as the Īnkaya Çınar. Famously known for its girth, the Īnkaya...
• Village Scenes by Özgür Altınkaynak
  on Jun 17, 2016 in Featured Fotoğrafı Guest Contributions Street Photos Villages
  Bursa is a large, modern metropolis that boasts all the amenities and features of contemporary life. But not too far out of the city, the hills and back roads surrounding Bursa are full of traditional little villages that feel worlds away from the hu...
• Lovely Suuçtu Waterfall
  on Jun 11, 2016 in Bursa's Neat Places See, Do, and Play Nature Outside the City Parks & Green Spaces Places to Visit
  About a half-hour drive south of the town of Mustafakemalpaşa at the end of a narrow, winding road is found one of the Bursa area’s many fantastic natural gems: Suuçtu Waterfall (also written Su Uçtu, lit “water flew”). Hidden away in the pr...
• Breakfast, Cherries, and Tea: An Uludağ Adventure
  on Jun 8, 2016 in Thoughts and Musings Guest Contributions Uludağ
  A guest post by Sharon Rott The hills around Bursa are full of wild cherry trees. Late spring fresh cherries are a delicious seasonal treat. One recent Saturday morning, my friend, Atay, took me up the mountain for a bite of breakfast followed by che...
• Şinasi Çelikkol, Master of Puppets
  on Jun 1, 2016 in Bursa's Delightful People Culture and History Arts Culture Entertainment Karagöz People of Interest
  Tucked away in his Karagöz Antiques souvenir shop in Bursa’s Eski Aynalı Çarşı, Mr. Şinasi Çelikkol labors away at his two loves: purveying Turkish antiques and promoting traditional Ottoman shadow puppetry. Şinasi Bey’s antique shop is a...

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