Bursa - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art

The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, in the Green Medrese (Yesil Medrese, 1414-24), a kilometer east of the city center of Bursa, was opened in 1974. It offers a comprehensive survey of the art of the Ottoman period: pearl and ivory articles, intarsia work, manuscripts, decorated book-covers, screens, sections of beautifully decorated wooden ceilings, weapons, tiles from Iznik and Kütahya, embroidery, ornaments, fine textiles, superbly wrought articles from tekkes (dervish convents), calligraphy and tombstones.

An unusual collection of turbans in various forms are on display.