What to See in Bursa - Top Sights and Attractions

Museum in Bursa, Turkey. The Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages is a private transport museum in Bursa, Turkey owned by the Turkish automobile maker Tofaş and dedicated to various carriages from Turkey and Tofaş-manufactured cars. It was opened on June 30, 2002.

Situated in the historic Umurbey neighborhood of Yıldırım district, the museum is housed in a renovated building of 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft) that was an abandoned silk production plant. The facility was leased to the Bursa-based Tofaş Company for museum purposes by the Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa.

The museum's collection consists of historic carriages including a two-axle horse-drawn Bursa carriage, oxen drawn carts, canon carriages, wains for hay and firewood, phaetons, powered carriages, Tatar carriage, which are examples of fine carpentry and blacksmithing. The most important exhibit of the museum is the replica of a 6th-century B.C. chariot, which was reproduced between 1998 and 1999 from artifacts unearthed during roadworks in a crypt at Üçpınar Tumulus near Balıkesir. The chariot was formerly on display at the Bursa Archaeological Museum.

Further museum exhibits are automobiles including the first Murat 124 (Fiat 124) built in Turkey, Tofaş Şahin (Fiat 131), Fiat Uno, Fiat Tipo, Fiat Doblò and Fiat Albea. In a special corner, trophies won by Tofaş in motorsport are on display.

The museum also hosts events like temporary exhibitions of technological art as well as jazz concerts during the Bursa International Festival.

The museum is open to the public everyday but Mondays from 10:00 to 17:00 hours local time.^[7]

Bursa Merinos Energy Museum is a technology museum dedicated to electricity, which was established in 2012 in the defunct power plant of an abandoned textile factory in Bursa, northwestern Turkey.

The museum is situated at 40°12′03″N 29°03′03″E on Dr. Sadık Ahmet Boulevard in Osmangazi district.

Merinos factory was one of the state-owned factories established in 1938. It was a textile factory using the wool of merino. With additions in 1944 and 1946 it became the biggest factory of its kind in Balkan and Mideastern countries. However, in 2004 the factory was closed within the scope of privatization program. Its 314,369 square metres (3,383,840 sq ft) land lot together with the infrastructure was handed over to the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality.

The factory had its own energy plant with a ground area of 3,200 square metres (34,000 sq ft). On 7 September 2012, the municipality established an energy museum. In the museum, the role of electricity in the civilization is emphasized. The history of electricity in the World, in Turkey and in Bursa, the illumination gadgets and the production of electricity are shown by the photographs and animations.^[10]

Tourist attraction in Bursa, Turkey. Nusretiye Clock Tower, aka Tophane Clock Tower, is a clock tower situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey next to Nusretiye Mosque and Tophane Kiosk at the European waterfront of Bosphorus. It was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid I, designed by architect Garabet Amira Balyan and completed in 1848.

Designed in neo-classical style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A tughra of Sultan Abdülmecid I is put on above the entrance. The original clock and the clock face are in a state of disrepair. The clock tower along with Nusretiye Mosque and the Tophane Kiosk survived the urban renewal and highway construction program of the mid-1950s. However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of Istanbul Port, cut off from the public access today.^[11]

Museum. Bursa Atatürk Museum is a historic house museum in Bursa, Turkey.

The museum is at 40°11′42″N 29°02′24″E at Çekirge quarter of Osmangazi district in Bursa Province.

The museum is a three storey house. It was probably built towards the end of the 19th century. When Atatürk, the founder of Turkey, visited Bursa on 20 January 1923 (after the Turkish War of Independence and before the proclamation of the Republic) he stayed in this house which was recently bought by the municipality of Bursa from its former owner Miralay ("colonel") Mehmet Bey. During the next ten visits Atatürk stayed in this house, the last one being on 1 February 1938 during his illness. Total time Atatürk spent in this house is 2 months and 20 days. After Atatürk's death the house was handed over to the management of Çelik Palas, the biggest hotel in Bursa which was next to the house. But in 1965, it was bought by the Ministry of National Education. In 1973 it was opened as Atatürk's house. In the ground floor there are photos of Atatürk. Atatürk's office as well as the bedroom and the bathroom are in the upper floor. The uppermost floor is a guesthouse.^[13]

Mosque in Bursa, Turkey. Veled-i Yaniç Mosque is an Ottoman mosque with the type of early Ottoman architecture. The mosque is located in Bursa, Turkey and it is still in use. According to the inscription, which is above the entering door, it is known that this mosque was built at the July 1440 by Mahmud Çelebi. The mosque is categorized under the title of early Ottoman architecture.

The square planned mesjid is covered with an octagonal-shaped dome. The mosque has an interesting minaret, which was suspected to be a church bell. In fact, there are no example this type of minaret in the mosque architecture. But this question has not been answered yet. The Minaret, which can be climbed by five stairs, is located circa 10 meter outside of the mosque and is placed over the fountain right across of the entrance.

Veled-i Yaniç was a Sufi whose real name was Mahmut. His father was Hadji Hayruddin, the son of Yaniç. He worked under state service during the reigns of Murad Hudavendigar the first and Yıldırım Bayezid. He was one of the commanders of the Ottoman state, he also combated in the Battle of Ankara. He died probably in the 1450s. He is buried in the courtyard of the mosque which is known by his name.^[14]