1452 TR - Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (2014)

This property is a serial nomination of eight component sites in the City of Bursa and the nearby village of Cumalıkızık, in the southern Marmara region. The site illustrates the creation of an urban and rural system establishing the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. The property embodies the key functions of the social and economic organization of the new capital which evolved around a civic centre. These include commercial districts of khans, kulliyes (religious institutions) integrating mosques, religious schools, public baths and a kitchen for the poor, as well as the tomb of Orhan Ghazi, founder of the Ottoman dynasty. One component outside the historic centre of Bursa is the village of Cumalıkızık, the only rural village of this system to show the provision of hinterland support for the capital.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1452

• 1452-001            Khans Area (Orhan Ghazi Külliye and its surroundings)
• 1452-002            Khans Area (Orhan Ghazi Tombs) 
• 1452-003            Hüdavendigar (Murad I) Külliye
• 1452-004            Hüdavendigar (Murad I) Külliye (Old Turkish Bath)
• 1452-005            Yildirim (Bayezid I) Külliye
• 1452-006            Yesil (Mehmed I) Külliye
• 1452-007            Muradiye (Murad II) Külliye
• 1452-008            Cumalikizik Village

1452-001 Khans Area (Orhan Ghazi Külliye and its surroundings)

Upper Middle - Interior view of Great Mosque (Ulu Cami)