Yıldırım is a municipality and
district
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of
Bursa Province,
Turkey
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. Its area is 110 km
2, and its population is 655,856 (2022).
It covers part of the city centre of
Bursa. Founded in 1987, it was named after
Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I
Bayezid I (; ), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt (; ; – 8 March 1403), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. He adopted the title of ''Sultan-i Rûm'', ''Rûm'' being the Arabic name for the Eastern Roman Empire. In 139 ...
, whose nickname was Yıldırım ("thunderbolt" in
Turkish).
It is at the foot of
Mt. Uludağ, at 150–155 metres in elevation.
Kestel and
Gürsu
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are to its west, and the flat lands of Demirtaş, a subdistrict of
Osmangazi, are to its north. The
Bursa-
Ankara
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highway passes through it. With
Osmangazi and
Nilüfer, Yıldırım covers the Bursa agglomeration.
The
Bursa Uludağ Aerial Lift (, pictured to the right) is an
aerial lift serving
Mt. Uludağ. Built by the
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
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* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
company
Von Roll Holding and opened on 29 October 1963, the
aerial tramway
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was replaced in 2013 by a modern and much bigger capacity
gondola lift system by Leitner Group of
Italy
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.
Yıldırım is one of Turkey's important textile production centers. With a population of 629,702 at the
2000 census, it is also one of Turkey's most populated areas; 30% of Bursa's population lives in the Yıldırım district.
Historical places
*
Yeşil Mosque (Green Mosque)
*
Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)
*
Bayezid I Mosque and (
külliye
A külliye () 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 (clinic), kitchens ...
) complex (''Yıldırım Camii ve külliyesi'')
*
Emir Sultan Mosque
*
Cumalıkızık village, with well-preserved historical
Ottoman architecture
Composition
There are 71
neighbourhoods in Yıldırım District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* 152 Evler
* Akçağlayan
* Anadolu
* Arabayatağı
* Bağlaraltı
* Balaban
* Baruthane
* Beyazıt
* Çelebi Mehmet
* Çınarönü
* Cumalıkızık
* Davutdede
* Davutkadı
* Değirmenlikızık
* Değirmenönü
* Demetevler
* Duaçınarı
* Eğitim
* Emirsultan
* Erikli
* Ertuğrulgazi
* Esenevler
* Fidyekızık
* Güllük
* Hacıseyfettin
* Hacıvat
* Hamamlıkızık
* Hocataşkın
* İsabey
* Kaplıkaya
* Karaağaç
* Karamazak
* Karapınar
* Kazımkarabekir
* Kurtoğlu
* Maltepe
* Mehmet Akif Ersoy
* Mevlana
* Meydancık
* Millet
* Mimarsinan
* Mollaarap
* Musababa
* Namazgah
* Ortabağlar
* Piremir
* Sakarya
* Samanlı
* Selçukbey
* Selimzade
* Sinandede
* Sıracevizler
* Şirinevler
* Siteler
* Şükraniye
* Teferrüç
* Ulus
* Umurbey
* Vakıf
* Vatan
* Yavuzselim
* Yediselviler
* Yenimahalle
* Yeşil
* Yeşilyayla
* Yetmişbeşinciyıl
* Yiğitler
* Yıldırım
* Yunusemre
* Zeyniler
* Zümrütevler
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim, Bursa
Populated places in Bursa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Districts of Bursa Province