Bursa has a borderline Mediterranean / humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification: Csa / Cfa ).

Bursa has two public universities and one private university.

Founded first as the Bursa University then renamed to Uludağ University in 1982, the university has a student body of 47, 000, one of the largest in Turkey.

Bursa has own international airport.

Bursa has large rail system and bus system.

Bursa has twenty three sister cities.

Extensive plantations of mulberry trees supply the silk for which Bursa has long been celebrated, and which is manufactured there on a large scale.

Celcom was originally listed on the Bursa Malaysia, but after the merger with Telekom Malaysia Berhad, it has since remained private.

Popular legend has it that the two characters are actually based on two real persons who worked either for Osman I — the founder of the Ottoman dynasty — or for his successor Orhan I, in the construction of a palace or possibly a mosque at Bursa in the early 14th century.

It is produced in Brazil ( Betim Plant ), Argentina ( Ferreyra ), Turkey ( Bursa ), Poland ( Tychy ), India ( Pune ), South Africa ( Rosslyn ), China ( Nanjing ), Iran ( Saveh ), and Vietnam, and has also been built under licence in Nampo, North Korea since 2002, as the Pyeonghwa Hwiparam.

Although PETRONAS is considering to listing more of its subsidiaries, so far the company has listed at least 3 of its subsidiaries in the Bursa Malaysia.

Bursa Malaysia has since then focused on various initiatives aimed at improving its product and service offerings, increasing the liquidity and velocity of its markets, improving the efficiency of its businesses and achieving economies of scale in its operations.

Bursa Malaysia also has a range of progressive products and services which covers equities, derivatives, offshore listings and services, bonds and Islamic offerings:

On 31 October 2009, PPB Group under the flagship of Robert Kuok issued a statement to the Bursa Malaysia that it has decided to dispose of its sugar units along with land used to cultivate sugar cane for RM 1. 29 billion to FELDA.

Today, YTL Corp is one of the Bursa Malaysia's largest companies and together with its listed subsidiaries has a combined Market Capitalisation of about RM37. 2 billion ( USD 12 billion ).

The synagogue is still in use, although the modern Jewish population of Bursa has shrunk to about 140 people.

Osman's last campaign, before dying of old age, was against the Byzantines in the city of Bursa.

In his last years he had left most of the powers of state in the hands of his second son Murad and lived a secluded life in Bursa.

In 1461, Mehmed II expelled the last of the Isfendyarid dynasty from Sinop, awarding him lands near Bursa in exchange for his hereditary territory.

Enguerrand VII de Coucy, KG ( 1340 – 18 February 1397, in captivity at Bursa ), also known as Ingelram de Coucy, was a 14th century French nobleman, the last Sieur de Coucy, and the son-in-law of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.

Coucy died at age 56, on 18 February 1397, at Bursa, Anatolia, Turkey while participating in the last medieval crusade.

View of Bursa from the hills near Uludağ | Mount Uludağ, the ancient Mysia n Uludağ | Olympus

Bursa became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326.

Apart from its large automotive industry, Bursa also produces a substantial amount of dairy products ( Sütaş ), processed food ( Tat ), and beverages ( Uludağ ).

View of Bursa from the hills near Uludağ, the ancient Mysia n Olympus.

Ulu Cami is the largest mosque in Bursa and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture, which carried many elements from the Seljuk architecture.

Bursa Yenisehir Airport is 20 mile away from city center.

İskender kebab is one of the most famous meat foods of northwestern Turkey and takes its name from its inventor, İskender Efendi ( İskender meaning ' Alexander '), who lived in Bursa in the late 19th century.

/ Murat I ) ( March or June 29, 1326, Sogut or Bursa – June 15, 1389, Battle of Kosovo Polje ) () was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1361 to 1389.

Mehmed I Çelebi ( Ottoman: چلبی محمد, Mehmed I or Mehmed Çelebi ) ( 1390, Bursa – May 26, 1421, Edirne, Ottoman Empire ) was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ( Rûm ) from 1413 to 1421.

He restored the empire, moved the capital from Bursa to Edirne, and conquered parts of Albania, the Jandarid emirate, and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from the Mamelukes.

He was buried in Bursa, in a mausoleum erected by himself near the celebrated mosque which he built there, and which, from its decorations of green porcelain, is called the Green Mosque.

Such a privilege was reserved to devout religious leaders from the time Osman had established his residence in Konya in 1299, before the capital was moved to Bursa and later to Constantinople.

Orhan I or Orhan Bey ( Ottoman:, Orhan Gazi ; 1281, Söğüt – March 1362, Bursa ) was the second bey of the nascent Ottoman Empire ( then known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate ) from 1326 to 1362.

View of Bursa from the hills near Uludağ | Mount Uludağ, the ancient Mysia n Olympus

During the reign of Mehmed II, assistant cooks wore blue coloured dresses ( câme-i kebûd ), conical hats ( külâh ) and baggy trousers ( çaksir ) made from Bursa velvet.

The abbreviation " B " in B cell originally came from Bursa of Fabricius, an organ in birds in which avian B cells mature.

Courts was listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange ( now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad ) on October 11, 2000 and delisted again from bursa Malaysia 3 September 2007 markets following the completion of ownership engagement with Malaysia Retail Group.

Theodore Lascaris was not immediately successful, as he was defeated at Poemanenum and Prusa ( now Bursa ) in 1204, but he was able to capture much of northwestern Anatolia after the Latin Emperor Baldwin I had to defend against invasions from Kaloyan of Bulgaria.

Along with the similar Middle Eastern shawarma and Mexican tacos al pastor, gyros is derived from the Turkish doner kebab, which was invented in Bursa in the 19th century.

Some years later — according to other sources, this occurred in 1545 under Sultan Suleyman I — Mehmet II had another covered market built, the Sandal Bedesten ( the name comes from a kind of thread woven in Bursa which had the colour of sandalwood ), also named " Küçük " (), " Cedit " or " Yeni " ( both words meaning in ) Bedesten, which lay north of the first.

The Middle Eastern shawarma, Mexican tacos al pastor and Greek gyros are all derived from the Turkish döner kebab which was invented in Bursa in the 19th century by a cook named Hacı İskender.

The domed architectural style evolved from Bursa and Edirne.

He was then transferred from the prison in Bursa first to the infirmary of Sultanahmet Jail in Istanbul and later to Paşakapısı Prison.