Yıldırım, Bursa

Yıldırım is a metropolitan district in the centre of Bursa in Turkey. The district was named after Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. It was founded in 1987 and it has a size of 399 km². The Sultan Bayezid I's nickname was Yıldırım, which means thunderbolt in Turkish.

Location

Yıldırım, which is located at the foot of the Mt. Uludağ is 399 square kilometers (km²) and 150-155 metres in elevation. Kestel and Gürsu are located west of Yıldırım, and Demirtaş, a subdistrict of Osmangazi, lies to the north. South of Yıldırım is Mt. Uludağ and to the north are relatively flat lands. The Bursa-Ankara highway passes through the Yıldırım district.

Teleferik (pictured to the right) is the cable car built from Bursa to Mt. Uludağ on 29 June 1963. It was built by Von Roll, a Swiss company.

Climate

The average temperature is 14.4 degrees Celsius. The average rate of moisture is 58%. Yıldırım's rainy seasons occur in winter and in spring. Southwest winds and violent north winds are generally in Yıldırım and Bursa.

Management

The district Yıldırım with the Osmangazi and Nilüfer constitutes the Bursa metropolitan municipality . It has 66 quarters and a village called Cumalıkızık, where it is possible to examine the characteristics of Ottoman architecture. This settlement's historical architectural uniqueness has totally been preserved, and has made the Yıldırım sub-province famous. Concerning population, Yıldırım is bigger than many cities in Turkey. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 629.702 . 30% of Bursa's population lives in Yıldırım district.

Historical Places in Yıldırım, Bursa

Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque) , Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb), Bayezid I Mosque and complex (külliye) ("Yıldırım Camii ve külliyesi"), Emir Sultan Mosque and Cumalıkızık village .