The Green Mosque of Bursa: Ottoman Architecture Before Istanbul

Before the conquest of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire built its capital in Bursa. This episode explores the Green Mosque (Yeşil Cami) and its surrounding complex, built under Sultan Mehmed I after the Ottoman Interregnum. We discuss the architectural innovations of the early Ottoman style — the inverted T-plan, the use of Iznik tiles, the integration of a madrasa and imaret into a single külliye. We meet the architect, possibly Hacı İvaz Paşa, and the calligrapher, Şeyh Hamdullah, who pioneered a new script. The episode also covers the political context: how Mehmed I reunified the empire after the civil war with his brothers, and how the mosque served as a monument to that reunification. We touch on the legacy of Bursa as a model for later Ottoman imperial mosques in Edirne and Istanbul.

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