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The Complex of Mehmed I, aka Yeşil Complex, is a large Ottoman complex of religious buildings ( tr,
külliye A külliye ( ota, كلية) is a complex of buildings associated with Turkish architecture centered on a mosque and managed within a single institution, often based on a waqf (charitable foundation) and composed of a madrasa, a Dar al-Shifa ("cl ...
) in
Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
,
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
built by Sultan Mehmed I Çelebi and completed in 1420.


The complex

The complex is one of the last in a series of royal mosque complexes in Bursa starting with the
Orhaniye Complex Orhaniye (literally "land of Orhan" in Turkish) may refer to the following places in Turkey: * Orhaniye, Bandırma, a village * Orhaniye, Edirne * Orhaniye, Karacabey * Orhaniye, Kazan, a village and neighborhood in the district of Kazan, Anka ...
in the 14th century and ending with the
Muradiye Complex The Muradiye Complex ( tr, Muradiye Külliyesi) or the Complex of Sultan Murad II, the Ottoman sultan (reigned 1421–1451, with interruption 1444–46), is located in Bursa, Turkey. History The mosque complex commissioned by Sultan Murad II i ...
completed in 1447. The complex includes the
Yeşil Mosque The Green Mosque ( Turkish: ''Yeşil Camii''), also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex (Turkish: külliye) on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before they captured Constantinopl ...
, a
madrasah Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
, bath house, soup kitchen, and
Yeşil Türbe The Green Tomb ( tr, Yeşil Türbe) is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, in Bursa, Turkey. It was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following the death of the sovereign in 1421. The architect Hacı Ivaz Pasha designed ...
(the tomb of Mehmed I Çelebi).


See also

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Ali Tabrizi Ali Tabrizi ( fl. late 14th/early 15th century) was an Iranian woodcarver who is credited with making the doors of the mausoleum of Ottoman sultan Mehmed I (r. 1413–1421) in Bursa, known as the Green Tomb ( tr, Yeşil Türbe). Ali Tabrizi was ...
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Muradiye Complex The Muradiye Complex ( tr, Muradiye Külliyesi) or the Complex of Sultan Murad II, the Ottoman sultan (reigned 1421–1451, with interruption 1444–46), is located in Bursa, Turkey. History The mosque complex commissioned by Sultan Murad II i ...
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Yeşil Mosque The Green Mosque ( Turkish: ''Yeşil Camii''), also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex (Turkish: külliye) on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before they captured Constantinopl ...
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Gülruh Hatun Gülruh Hatun ( ota, کل رخ خاتون, "''Rose face''"), also known as Gülendam Hatun ( ota, کل اندام خاتون, "''Rose body''"), was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire. Early life Gülruh entered in Bayezid's ha ...
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Şirin Hatun Şirin Hatun ( ota, شیریں خاتون; meaning "sweet") was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire. Life Şirin married Bayezid when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to Bayezid's eldest son, Şe ...
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Bülbül Hatun Bülbül Hatun ( ota, بلبل خاتون; "''Songbird''" died 1515) was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire. Life Bülbül Hatun entered in the Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince and the governor of Amasya. She had tw ...


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References

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Archnet Digital Library
''Dictionary of Islamic Architecture, Yeşil Cami.'' Religious buildings and structures completed in 1420 Mosques in Bursa Ottoman mosques in Bursa {{Turkey-mosque-stub