Cumalıkızık
The Ottoman Village, which holds the name of Cumalıkızık, is a village of which history dates back to around 1300 during the formation of the Ottoman Empire. It's a convenient 10 kilometers away from the city of Bursa, so it's an easy visit while in the area.
Cumalıkızık is among the most-visited villages in Turkey with its traditional houses with bay windows, cobblestone streets and centuries-old sycamores
Cumalikizik Village in Bursa, Turkey. 700 years old Ottoman village. The village accepted as Unesco world heritage site.
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In the northern foothills of Mount Uludag, 15 km from Bursa, is the picturesque village of Cumalikizik. Set amongst chestnut and fig trees, the village is famous for its Ottoman period rural architecture. The village was originally established under the endowment of the second Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi (1324 - 1360), and settled by Turks of the Kizik branch of the Kayi clan. Of the seven original villages five still exist today: Hamamlikizik, Fidyekizik, Derekizik, Degirmenlikkizik, and Cumalikizik. But only this one retains its original architectural texture, the others have fallen victim to modernity. Despite all the pressures in favor of the change, it remains largely untouched.
With a history going back almost seven centuries, its bay windows, large decorated double doors, flower-filled windows and plane trees welcome visitors back into the past. Only the fact that some of the colorful o d houses are falling derelict reminds us that time has been at its destructive work here too.
The street doors open into courtyards known as hayat, surrounded by walls made of rough stone and cross timbers. Some of the courtyards have a floor of beaten earth and others are paved with slate slabs. Almost every one of the two and three-storey houses has a garden adjoining the courtyard. The ground floor generally consists of alarder and stable, the living rooms being on the upper storeys. The first storey is known as the kislik (winter place) since it is easier to keep warm in winter, while the second storey, being airier and cooler, is used in summer.
The houses consist of a timber frame, the spaces filled with stone and covered with a lime plaster painted yellow, mauve, white or blue.
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