Bursa in the Turkish war of independence

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1919 CE · 1337 AH – 1922 CE · 1341 AH

Bursa

Bursa's silk industry was badly hit in the years of the Turkish war of independence (1337-1341/1919-1922), before a partial recovery under the Turkish Republic's protectionist policy 1.

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The Modern Era
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Anatolia
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Bursa

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Bursa's silk industry was badly hit in the years of the Turkish war of independence (1337-1341/1919-1922), before a partial recovery under the Turkish Republic's protectionist policy. 1

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Yesil Mosque, Bursa· The capital moves from Bursa to Edirne· The great Bursa earthquake of 1855· Conquest of Bursa· Jem Sultan hailed at Bursa for eighteen days· Kalenderoğlu plunders Bursa· The Karamanid siege of Bursa· Mehmed I returns the capital to Bursa

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 1399
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islam.museum contributors. “Bursa in the Turkish war of independence”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bursa-independence-war-1337/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Yesil Mosque, Bursa

Draft card for the Yesil (Green) Mosque of Bursa, built for Sultan Mehmed I and famed for its green tilework; a landmark of early Ottoman architecture per the cited survey, the page not yet checked.