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Bursa. Bursa (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈbuɾsa]) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of Turkey's automotive production takes place in Bursa.
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922[e] was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and 14 October 1922. This conflict was a part of the Turkish War of Independence.
Siege of Bursa. The siege of Bursa occurred from 1317 until the capture on 6 April 1326, [1] when the Ottomans deployed a bold plan to seize Prusa (modern-day Bursa, Turkey). The Ottomans had not captured a city before; the lack of expertise and adequate siege equipment at this stage of the war meant that the city fell only after six or nine years.
The export of silk in 1902 valued at £620,000. [2] 1904 - Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art established. 1910 – Population: 75,000. [2] 1920 – City taken by Greek forces. [3] 1923 – City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Turkey. 1929 - Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art relocated.
Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, / n aɪ ˈ s iː ə / ny-SEE-ə; [9] Latin: [niːˈkae̯.a]), also known as Nikaia (‹See Tfd› Greek: Νίκαια, Attic: [nǐːkai̯a], Koine:), was an ancient Greek city in the north-western Anatolian region of Bithynia [4] [10] [11] that is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and seventh Ecumenical ...
The Armistice of Mudanya (in Turkish: Mudanya Mütarekesi) was an agreement between Turkey (the Grand National Assembly of Turkey) on the one hand, and Italy, France, and Britain on the other hand, signed in the Ottoman town of Mudanya, in the province of Bursa, on 11 October 1922. The Kingdom of Greece acceded to the armistice on 14 October 1922.
marmara.gov.tr. The Marmara region (Turkish: Marmara Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. Located in East Thrace, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean Sea to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, the Black Sea Region to the east, and the Aegean Region to the south. At the center of the region is the Sea of Marmara ...
0224. Website. www.iznik.bel.tr. İznik (Turkish pronunciation: [izˈnik]) is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 753 km 2, [3] and its population is 44,236 (2022). [1] The town is at the site of the ancient Greek city of Nicaea, from which the modern name derives. The town lies in a fertile basin at the ...