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Hudavendigar Mosque and Kulliye, Bursa, Turkey

Hudavendigar Mosque and Kulliye (Center): Kulliye which was constructed by Sultan Murat I (Hudavendigar) between 1366 and 1385 in cekirge district, is composed of a mosque, theology school, charitable establishment, Turbe and hamam. Unique in Ottoman architecture, the two storied complex’s first floor is a mosque while the second floor is a theology school. Architecture of the structure, which has an appearance of a palace with its imposing external minaret, is not certain.

Two layered forehead with upper layer porticos, opened with double steep arches with middle column aside and front, is gaining an imposing panorama reminding the Venetian palaces. sadirvan under the dome, whose middle part is open, creates a harmonious atmosphere with gentle splashes. Oposite to Hudavendigar Mosque, there is the Turbe of the Sultan Murat II (Hudavendigar), who died during military service in 1389 in Cassava War I. The epitaph of the Turbe constructed by Yildirim Bayezid is dated 1722.