Turkey
Bursa Province
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Green Mosque

The Green Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before Constantinople was captured in 1453.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Bursa Green Mosque”, “Green Mosque, Bursa”, and “Yeşil Camii”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Green Tomb and Emir Sultan Mosque.

Tomb
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, in , . It was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following the death of the sovereign in 1421.

Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a in , . First built in the 15th century, it was rebuilt in 1804 for the Ottoman sultan Selim III and rebuilt again in 1868, the plan of the mosque changing slightly with each rebuild. is situated 550 metres east of Green Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Beñat Irasuegi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grand Mosque of Bursa is a historic in , . It was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I to commemorate his great victory at the Battle of Nicopolis and built between 1396 and 1399. is situated 1 km west of Green Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bursa and Osmangazi.

Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large city in the region of Turkey, 20 km inland from the Marmara coast. It's the country's fourth-largest city, with a population of 2,161,990 in 2021, and with another million living in the wider metro area.

Town
Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 621 km2, and its population is 891,250. It is one of the central metropolitan districts of the city of , as well as the fourth largest overall municipality in .

Village
Photo: Basak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Green Mosque.

Green Mosque

Latitude
40.18219° or 40° 10′ 56″ north
Longitude
29.07465° or 29° 4′ 29″ east
Open location code
8GGF53JF+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 337880066
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q1549086
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Green Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأخضر ببورصة”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأخضر”
  • Arabic: “جامع السلطان محمد الأول جلبي”
  • Arabic: “جامع السلطان محمد الأول”
  • Arabic: “يشيل جامع”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bursa Yeşil Cami”
  • Bashkir: “Йәшел мәсет”
  • Bengali: “সবুজ মসজিদ (বুরসা)”
  • Bengali: “সবুজ মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Verda (Bursa)”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Verda”
  • Chinese: “绿色清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Groene Moskee”
  • Dutch: “Yesil camii”
  • Dutch: “Yeşil Camii”
  • Dutch: “Yesil moskee”
  • Dutch: “Yeşil moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجامع الاخضر”
  • French: “mosquée Verte”
  • French: “Mosquée verte”
  • French: “Yesil Cami”
  • French: “Yeşil Cami”
  • German: “Grüne Moschee”
  • German: “Yesil Cami”
  • German: “Yeşil Cami”
  • Greek: “Πράσινο Τζαμί στην Προύσα”
  • Greek: “Πράσινο Τζαμί”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Hijau Bursa”
  • Japanese: “イェシル・ジャーミィ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Yeşil”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Јешил”
  • Persian: “مسجد سبز ترکیه”
  • Persian: “مسجد یشیل”
  • Persian: “یشیل جامع”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Verde”
  • Russian: “Зеленая мечеть”
  • Russian: “Зелёная мечеть”
  • Slovenian: “Zelena mošeja, Bursa”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Verde”
  • Turkish: “Bursa Yeşil Cami”
  • Turkish: “Yeşil Cami”
  • Turkish: “Yeşil Camii”
  • Udmurt: “Вож мечеть”
  • Urdu: “سبز مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Yashil masjid (Bursa)”
  • Uzbek: “Yashil masjid”
  • Western Mari: “Йешил мечеть”
  • Western Mari: “Ыжар мечеть”
  • Western Mari: “Ыжаргы мечеть”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Yeşil Çarşı and observation deck on the city.

Nearby Places

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