Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey.

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

Bursa is home to the Uludağ University, and its population attains one of the highest overall levels of education in Turkey.

Bursa is settled on the northwestern slopes of Mount Uludağ in the southern Marmara Region.

It is the capital city of Bursa Province bordered by the Sea of Marmara and Yalova to the north ; Kocaeli and Sakarya to the northeast ; Bilecik to the east ; and Kütahya and Balıkesir to the south.

Bursa is the center of the Turkish automotive industry.

The city is still a major center for textiles in Turkey and is home to the Bursa International Textiles and Trade Center ( Bursa Uluslararası Tekstil ve Ticaret Merkezi, or BUTTIM.

Bursa is a major center for tourism.

Uludağ University, founded in 1975, is the oldest institution of higher education in Bursa.

Bursa Technical University is the second public university of Bursa and it established in 2010, started education in 2011 – 2012 academic year.

The first private university of Bursa is Bursa Orhangazi University, which is going to start its first education in 2012 – 2013 academic year.

A brief list of places of interest in and around Bursa is presented below.

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.

Gyeongsangbuk-do is the latest to become a sister city of Bursa.

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.

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

) Bursa was also known for its fertile soil and agricultural activities, which have decreased in the recent decades due to the heavy industrialization of the city.

Mehmed I also completed the mosque at Bursa, which his grandfather Murad I had commenced, but which had been neglected during in reign of Bayezid.

:: Padişah-i thalath şehireha-i Qostantiniyye, Edirne ve Hüdavendigâr, ül şehireyn-i Dimaşq ve Qahira, tamam Azerbayjan, Mağrib, Barqah, Kayravan, Haleb, ül -‘ Iraq-i ‘ Arab vel ‘ Ajam, Basra, ül-dulan-i Lahsa, Rakka, Musul, Partiyye, Diyârbekir, Kilikiyye, ül vilâyatun-i Erzurum, Sivas, Adana, Karaman, Van, Barbariyye, Habeş, Tunus, Trablus-i Garb, Şam, Kıbrıs, Rodos, Girit, ül vilâyet-i Mora, ül Bahr-i Sefid vel Bahr-i Siyah ve i-swahil, Anadolu, Rumeli, Bagdâd, Kurdistân, Yunanistan, Türkistan, Tatariyye, Çerkesyye, ül mintaqateyn-i Kabarda, Gürjistan, ül-Deşt-i Qipçaq, tamam ül-mamlikat-i Tatar, Kefe ve tamam ül-etraf, Bosna, ül şehir ve hisar-i Belgrat, ül vilâyet-i Sırbistan bil tamam ül-hisareha ve şehireha, tamam Arnavut, tamam Eflak ve Boğdan, ve tamam ül-mustamlak vel-hududeha, ve muteaddit mamalekat ve şehireha, i. e. Emperor of The Three Cities of Constantinople, Adrianople and Bursa, and of the Cities of Damascus and Cairo, of all Azerbaijan, of the Magreb, of Barka, of Kairouan, of Aleppo, of the Arabic and the Persian Iraq, of Basra, of Al-Hasa strip, of Ar Raqqah, of Mosul, of Parthia, of Diyarbakır, of Cilicia, of the provinces of Erzurum, of Sivas, of Adana, of Karaman, Van, of Barbary, of Abyssinia, of Tunisia, of Tripoli, of Damascus, of Cyprus, of Rhodes, of Crete, of the province of Morea, of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and also their coasts, of Anatolia, Rumelia, Baghdad, Greece, Turkistan, Tartary, Circassia, of the two regions of Kabarda, of Georgia, of the Steppe of Kypchaks, of the whole country of the Tatars, of Kefe and of all the neighboring regions, of Bosnia, of the City and Fort of Belgrade, of the province of Serbia, with all the castles and cities, of all Albania, of all Eflak and Bogdania, as well as all the dependencies and borders, and many other countries and cities.

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.

In Ottoman period, yatagans were also made in all the major cities of the Ottoman Empire, particularly Istanbul, Bursa and Filibe.

Bursa may also be formed by a synovial membrane that extends outside of the joint capsule.

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.

Malayan Banking is also a listed corporation on Bursa Malaysia.

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

Later the Marea also superseded the Tempra in Brazilian ( Betim ) and Turkish ( in Bursa, with Tofaş ) plants, which make vehicles mostly for local and other developing markets.

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.

Little is known about the architect other than that he also built a caravansary in Bursa ; however, the polished style of the mosque itself indicates experience with earlier Ottoman and western architectural techniques.

* Bursa of Fabricius ( also known as Bursa fabricii, cloacal bursa ), a lymphatic organ in birds

Furthermore, without stimulation by cell-mediated immunity, the humoral immunity conferred by the B-cell lines from the Bursa of Fabricius also shuts down, thus resulting in birds that are totally immunocompromised.

Vefik also established the first Ottoman theatre and initiated the first Western style theatre plays in Bursa and translated Molière's major works.

The Spanish Jews were allowed to settle in the wealthier cities of the empire, especially in the European provinces ( cities such as: Istanbul, Sarajevo, Salonica, Adrianople and Nicopolis ), Western and Northern Anatolia ( Bursa, Aydın, Tokat and Amasya ), but also in the Mediterranean coastal regions ( for example: Jerusalem, Safed, Damascus, Egypt ).

Turkey ’ s fourth most populous city Bursa was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of 15 games played in the 3, 500 person capacity Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall.

While Murad was besieging the city, the Byzantines, in league with some independent Turkish Anatolian states, sent the sultan's younger brother Mustafa ( who was only 13 years old ) to rebel against the sultan and besiege Bursa.

Most fabrics manufactured in Turkey were made in Istanbul and Bursa, but some textiles came from as far away as Venice, Genoa, Persia ( Iran ), India and even China.

The most important valleys are the Kocaeli Valley, the Balıkesir Ovası ( Balıkesir Plain ), the Bursa Ovası ( Bursa Plain ), and the Plains of Troy ( historically known as the Troad.

After conquering Edirne ( Adrianople ) in 1365 the Ottomans turned it into a joint capital city for governing their European realms, but Bursa remained the most important Anatolian administrative and commercial center even after it lost its status as the sole Ottoman capital.

Bursa remained to be the most important administrative and commercial center in the empire until Mehmed II conquered Istanbul in 1453.

During the Ottoman period, Bursa continued to be the source of most royal silk products.

The economic development of the city was followed by population growth and Bursa became the 4th most populous city in Turkey.

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.

The most important valleys are the Kocaeli Valley, the Bursa Ovasi ( Bursa Basin ), and the Plains of Troy ( historically known as the Troad.

The most important mountain range is the ( so-called ) " Mysian " Olympus ( 8000 ft., 2500 m ), which towers above Bursa and is clearly visible as far away as Istanbul ( 70 miles, 113 km ).

In the early morning of July 4 one of the professors and most of his servants were set free while the rest were either brought to the Wulka hills or shot dead in the courtyard of the Bursa Abrahamowiczów building.

In the classical period of the Ottoman Empire, Bursa, Damascus and the Derbent regions became the most famous swordsmithing centers of the empire.

Amongst the most famous of Jelveti Sheikhs are Ismail Hakki Bursevi of Bursa and Sheikh Musafa Devati.

Key clinical signs as well as gross and microscopic features that are most useful for differentiating Marek ’ s disease from Lymphoid Leukosis and Reticuloendotheliosis include ( 1 ) Age: MD can affect birds at any age, including < 16 weeks of age ; ( 2 ) Clinical signs: Frequent wing and leg paralysis ; ( 3 ) Incidence: > 5 % in unvaccinated flocks ; ( 4 ) Potential nerve enlargement ; ( 5 ) Interfollicular tumors in the Bursa of Fabricius ; ( 6 ) CNS involvement ; ( 7 ) Lymphoid proliferation in skin and feather follicles ; ( 8 ) Pleomorphic lymphoid cells in nerves and tumors ; ( 9 ) T-cell lymphomas.