Osmangazi

The historic Ahşap Han in the northwestern province of Bursa's Osmangazi district, a unique business center known for its distinctive architecture, hosts 25 businesses dedicated to preserving professions that are fading into obscurity.

Sudden downpours in Istanbul and the northwestern province of Bursa have caused major disruptions, with roads turning into lakes, traffic grinding to a halt and daily life paralyzed as citizens grappled with severe weather conditions.

Following the warnings issued by the Turkish State Meteorology Service, the European side of Istanbul experienced particularly heavy downpours.

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has revealed an evacuation strategy for Istanbul, a densely populated city bracing for a potential major earthquake along the region's fault line.

The historical city walls, which were constructed 2,300 years ago in the northwestern province of Bursa's İznik district, have been taken under protection by the Metropolitan Municipality during the restoration works.

A suspect was detained in Istanbul during an operation after a bomb attack on an office of the Turkey Youth Foundation (TÜGVA) in the district of Gaziosmanpaşa, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on April 26.

The perpetrators of the recent attacks in Turkey's Istanbul and Bursa provinces were identified as members of subcontractor organizations of the PKK terror group, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on April 22.

A local man in the northwestern province of Bursa exhibits nearly 1,000 items reflecting the Yorük-Türkmen tradition in his house, which he has turned into a museum.

Akman, who was also the chairman of the Bursa Ertuğrulgazi Osmangazi Yörük-Türkmen Association in the past, organized many events in order to pass on his culture to future generations.

Some 15 women work in Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department, in northwestern Turkey, which provides service with 585 personnel in 28 fire brigade groups. (AA Photo)

Units from the cleaning services department of the Osmangazi Municipality in the western province of Bursa collected a total of 10 truckloads of waste from a 70-year-old woman's house. 

Details are emerging after a research assistant shot and killed four staff members at Osmangazi University in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir on April 5, with colleagues saying the incident was expected but no measures were taken against the attacker.