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| | The First Capital of Ottoman Empire,Bursa |
 | | Bursa is one of Turkey's cities that has experienced a high influx of migrants over the centuries, and the communities of different people have each added their own colour to life in the city. |
 | | Bursa hamams consist of an entrance hall, a tepidarium, and the washing hall itself known as the halvet. |
 | | In the nineteenth century Bursa was capital of the province of Hüdavendigar, which consisted of the districts of Balıkesir, Karahisar-ı Sahip and Kütahya, and the sub-provinces of Gemlik, Pazarköy, Mudanya, Yalova, Karamürsel, Tirilye, Bilecik, Lefke, Gölpazan, Söğüd, Mihaliç, Kirmasti, 304;negöl, Yarhisar, Yenikent, 304;znik and Pazarcık. |
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