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Latest Blog Posts for The Best of Bursa
- Bursa’s Golden Karagöz Folk Dance Competitionon Sep 5, 2016 in Featured Fotoğrafı News and Events Arts Community Events Entertainment Festivals Guest ContributionsThe 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 BazaarEven 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
- Camel Wrestling: A Cultural ExperienceA 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 VideosIn 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 ÇınarTucked 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 AltınkaynakBursa 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 WaterfallAbout 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 AdventureA 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 Puppetson Jun 1, 2016 in Bursa's Delightful People Culture and History Arts Culture Entertainment Karagöz People of InterestTucked 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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