Made in Bursa May/June 2016

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The share of industrial output in growth of the Turkish economy should be increased İbrahim Burkay, Chairman, BTSO said, “The Turkish economy grew a stronger-than-expected 4 percent in 2015, with robust growth at 5.7 percent in the last quarter, mainly due to a rise in consumption and public spending, according to official data released”. | Page 2

Under the auspices of Governorship of Bursa, The 2nd Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum was organized by Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, Bursa Chamber of Trade and Industry, Bursa Eskisehir Bilecik Development Agency (BEBKA) and Bursa Health Tourism Association.

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centuries ago. With one of the best climates in the world, Bursa has turned to be one of the the ideal psychological and physical health center for well-being.”

We know that being quality conscious is a prerequisite for a brand formation. So we put emphasis on upgrading Bursa in terms of major quality standards in thermal tourism.” “It is a well known fact that people discovered the therapeutic powers of Bursa’s thermal springs

Abdulkadir Karlık, Deputy Mayor, Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa said, “The 2nd Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum focused the potential of Bursa as a worldwide centre of thermal tourism. The Forum, participated by 52 sector representatives from 22 countries, provided an exclusive opportunity for companies and health professionals interested in the thermal tourism market to come together to produce new business opportunities and discuss the market and its future.” | Page 4

ünir Karaloğlu, Governor of Bursa said, “The 2nd Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum brings together the key players in the thermal tourism market to provide new business opportunities. Actually, promotion spa culture brings with it three different concepts: welfare, health, tradition. Bursa, with its rich and vast cultural heritage, combines welfare, health and tradition for centuries.

MODEF 2016 Furniture & Decoration Fair

Rommer opens up in abroad in healthcare tourism

Yavuz Uğurdağ, Chairman of the Board, MODEF said, “ İnegöl, as a most prominent furniture manufacturing center of Turkey, exports to 160 countries, recording 350 million dollars export revenue. | Page 4

Bought by B Plas with the initiative of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, German made Aquila brand airplanes have showed up in the aviation and space industry fair Friedrichshafe 2016 in Germany, Aero with their

Bursa becomes a favorable MICE destination at home and abroad Bursa Medical Park Hospital in the field of Neurosurgery!

Neurosurgery Clinic of the Medicalpark Bursa Hospital serves domestic and international patients by academician staff with international education ... | Page 9

Bursa has turned out to be an ideal tourism destination for MICE “Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions or Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events” in recent years. The Turkish Tourism Ministry focuses on Bursa as one of the most prominent congress tourism centers of Turkey. | Page 3

Following last year’s MIPIM theme of ‘Digital Revolution,’ MIPIM 2016 boosted its focus on innovation in real estate and launched the first Startup Competition devoted to real estate tech and sponsored

by BNP Paribas Real Estate.| Page 14

“Bursa-The Great City” represented at ITB Berlin International Tourism Fair efficently

Turkish flag on the tail. Bursa mayor Recep Altepe and Mehmet Celal Gokcen CEO of B Plas participated in the fair. Gokcen informed Altepe about the fair, Aquila’s booth and their move in the aviation industry. | Page 2

Established in 1994 as a rehabilitation center for rheumatism and physical therapy, Rommer signed a partnership agreement with an Arab company in Celik Palas Hotel. The cooperation will be repeated at other destinations as well. ment and procedures. | Page 8

Real estate projects of Bursa displayed at IRES Fair attract the interests of foreign investors BURSA makes its presence felt at MIPIM once more

Bursa shows up in aviation as well

“A promising and prosperous future lie ahead for people living in our town” We have recently interviewed Sadi Kurtulan, Mayor of Mustafakemalpaşa. Sadi Kurtulan has focused on the riches of the region by underlining the fact that the region has been undergoing a structural transformation more than ever before.

Bursa Construction 2016 and IRES Bursa Real Estate , which opened their doors with the participation of 280 companies at the Bursa International Exhibition and Convention Center, hosted visitors. The Construction Exhibition and the IRES Real Estate Exhibition, where more than 280 participants have set up stands in 6 different halls, hosted to important committees of buyers from overseas, and in particular the Gulf states.| Page 6

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Could you brief us on the basic characteristics of Mustafakemalpaşa?

Being the largest one in terms of its total area, Mustafakemalpaşa is one of the most charming towns of Bursa. It is located between Bursa and Balıkesir.

60 percent of the total area of the town is covered with forests and the remaining 40 percent covered with the fertile plains.

Mustafakemalpaşa is a town renowned with its natural beauty and riches. | Page 10

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ALPİŞ GROUP penetrates into the Saudian market with its new housing projects

Sertac Karaalp: Saudi Arabian Market assumes significance for us most significant markets of our Group.”

Musaad Y.Al Sulaim, Governor of Yanbu said, “The housing projects of Alpiş Group located in Bursa attract interest of the citizens of Saudi Arabia. After visit of Sertaç Karaalp to Saudi Arabia, we are planning to increase our real estate investments in Bursa. Bursa offers diverse range of investment opportunities for investors.”

Sertac Karaalp

BURSA-A delegation from Saudi Arabia, consisting of Musaad Y.Al Sulaim, Governor of Yanbu, Dr. Bandar Fahad Al Fehaid, Chairman, Arab Tourism Organization, visited Alpiş Group in Bursa .

Sertaç Karaalp Chairman of the Board, Alpiş Group said, “Alpiş Group has been operating in the fields of construction, real estate and food. Saudi Arabia has turned out to be one of the

Real estate in Bursa is one of the first choice for Arab torist and investors. Apart from being an industrial city, Bursa has a rich culture and tourism capacity that attract Arabs. Many Arab businessmen are planning to make investments in housing and shopping mall projects.

Almost thirty percent of tourists going on holiday at the Uludağ ski resort are Arabs. Bursa has been a profitable place for Arab investors for many years. Arab and Middle Eastern tourism has gained momentum.

Both city and mountain hotels show full occupancy. Arab tourists could be seen at nearly all hotels.

Bursa shows up in aviation as well Bought by B Plas with the initiative of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, German made Aquila brand airplanes have showed up in the aviation and space industry fair Friedrichshafe 2016 in Germany, Aero with their Turkish flag on the tail.

Bursa mayor Recep Altepe and Mehmet Celal Gokcen CEO of B Plas participated in the fair.

Gokcen informed Altepe about the fair, Aquila’s booth and their move in the aviation industry.

Recep Altepe said in his visit to the fair, “We began to harvest the fruits of our efforts to have a say in the aviation industry besides other successes in the manufacturing of domestic tram machines and metro wagons in Bursa. Now it is time to enter in the aviation industry. With flying machines that were made in Bursa, Turkey will be on the world

aviation industry.” Mayor Altepe, visited the Bauma, worlds largest fair event in construction and machinery and national stands of industrialists from Bursa, who are producing world class machinery and constructions.

He continued, “One of our largest targets was in the aviation sector. We established an aviation and space department in the Science and Technology Center in Bursa. We visited all

parties in the aviation businesses in the country and in abroad.

Last year we were only visitors in this event. Now we have products to exhibit planes made in Bursa.

We aimed to be a motor on the way to 2023 targets that our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pointed out.

There were about 150 Turkish companies in Bauma fair, second largest participant group after Chinese participation.

İbrahim Burkay, Chairman, BTSO: “The share of industrial output in growth of the Turkish economy should be increased”

İbrahim Burkay

BURSA- İbrahim Burkay, Chairman, Bursa Chamber of Trade and Industry-BTSO said, “The Turkish economy grew a stronger-than-expected 4 percent in 2015, with robust growth at 5.7 percent in the last quarter, mainly due to a rise in consumption and public spending, according to official data released” “The largest contribution to the 4 percent GDP growth in 2015 came from household expenditures with around 3 percent.

The contribution of public spending was 0.76 points, the data showed. Structural reforms should continue to achieve robust and sustainable growth.”

He said the 2015 growth was in line with the government’s medium-term program and made it the fourth fastest-growing economy among G-20 countries.

Domestic demand contributed 4.3 percentage points to growth and net foreign demand made a negative 0.3-point contribution.

İbrahim Burkay, Chairman of BTSO said, “This success was achieved despite last year’s two general elections, increasing geopolitical tensions in our region and problems in our trade partners and global market volatilities” He said, “The share of industrial output in growth of the Turkish economy should be increased.

Bursa should play its part in this regard by focusing on high value added industrial and export products.”

He added, “Bursa represents an active and leading power for the development of the Turkish economy. Bursa displays a significant industrial dynamism with its contribution to the development of the economy of the country and the region. The geographical location of Bursa is also an important advantage for the industry of Bursa which enables the city to be the gateway of the Anatolian peninsula to the west and of the west to Anatolia.”

Hasan Çepni, Chairman of Logistics Council of BTSO: “We should focus on air-cargo transportation through Yenişehir Airport” BURSA-In a recent meeting of sectoral councils of Bursa Chamber of Trade and Industry-BTSO, Hasan Çepni, Chairman of Logistics Council of BTSO pointed out, “ Priority must be given to air-cargo transportation through Yenişehir Airport.

This is particularly important for economic development of the region.

It shuld be noted that Technology Organized Industrial Zone (TEKNOSAB) will host the giant international firms that make production and export with high-technology.”

Hasan Çepni said, “Bursa will host international investments and will meet the 2023 targets in terms of investment and export volume. In addition to the automotive, machinery and textile sectors, space, aviation and defense and rail systems are the new target sectors of Bursa which will enable the city to become one of the leading cities of the world in design and branding with the manufacturing model based on R&D and innovation and centers of excellence.”

He added “9 sectorial transformation programs declared by the Prime Minister are the focal points of the activities of the BTSO that is ready to be a pioneer in implementation of the action plans. Bursa competes in all areas including manufacturing, industry and export and that the BTSO conducts significant activities in new sectors such as space, aviation and defense”

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Bursa becomes a favorable MICE destination at home and abroad

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BURSA-Bursa has turned out to be an ideal tourism destination for MICE “Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions or Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events” in recent years. The Turkish Tourism Ministry focuses on Bursa as one of the most prominent congress tourism centers of Turkey.

Merinos Cultural Center and hotel chains of Bursa such as Bursa Hilton, Sheraton, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Ramada and Çelikpalas, Almira, Kervansaray could well be regarded as ideal platforms of MICE locations.

From this standpoint, Bursa offers challenging opportunities.

(MICE) is a type of tourism in which large groups, usually planned well in advance, are brought together for a particular purpose.

MICE event locations are normally bid on by specialized convention bureaux in particular countries and cities and established for the purpose of bidding on MICE activities.

MICE events are usually centered on a theme or topic and are aimed at a professional, academic or trade organization or other special interest groups.

This process of marketing and bidding is normally conducted well in advance of the event, often several years, as securing major events can benefit

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the local economy of the host city or country. MICE tourism is known for its extensive planning and demanding clientele. Bursa is in the prominent place countrywide in the ranking in regard to the areas of nature tourism, culture, history and faith tourism as well as thermal and medical tourism. Average duration of overnight stays and total number of arrival in facilities has increased by 79% in the last 4 years.

Being the 4th largest city of Turkey, Bursa embodies very significant centers in respect to congress tourism which has gained speed through investments such as Congress Culture Centers, gastro tourism as well as its historical wealth and natural beauties.

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The 2 Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum brings together the key players in the thermal tourism market nd

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nder the auspices of Governorship of Bursa, The 2nd Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum was organized

by Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, Bursa Chamber of Trade and Industry, Bursa Eskisehir Bilecik Development Agency (BEBKA) and Bursa Health Tourism Association.

Münir Karaloğlu, Governor of Bursa said, “The 2nd Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum brings together the key players in the thermal tourism market to provide new business opportunities. Actually, promotion spa culture brings with it three different concepts: welfare, health, tradition. Bursa, with its rich and vast cultural heritage, combines welfare, health and tradition for centuries.

We know that being quality conscious is a prerequisite for a brand formation. So we put emphasis on upgrading Bursa in terms of major quality standards in thermal tourism.” “It is a well known fact that people discovered the therapeutic powers of Bursa’s thermal springs centuries ago. With one of the best climates in the world, Bursa has turned to be one of the the ideal psychological and physical health center for well-being.”

Abdulkadir Karlık, Deputy Mayor, Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa said, “The 2nd Medical & Thermal Tourism Forum focused the potential of Bursa as a worldwide centre of thermal tourism. The Forum, participated by 52 sector representatives from 22 countries, provided an exclusive opportunity for companies and health professionals interested in the thermal tourism market to come together to produce new business opportunities and discuss the market and its future.”

“The Forum also welcomed B2B business meetings that brings guests in contact with potential business partners, along with offering the unique opportunity for businesses to receive expert advice and guidance by some of the most important healthcare organisations.”

Bandar Fahad Al Fehaid, Chairman, Arab Tourism Organization of the Arab League

said, “The Forum would pave the way for new opportunities in the field of thermal tourism.

Bursa has turned out to be an ideal center for thermal and medical tourism”

aimed to support and mediate the companies that invested in Medical Thermal Tourism in order for them to implement their plans and receive a recompense for their work.

The primary aim of the Medical Thermal Tourism Forum is to make City of Bursa worldwide center of Medical Thermal Tourism and the host of this significant organization. It is also

In this respect, the programme of the Forum contains Business to Business Meetings (B2B) and trainings that are to be given by experienced experts. In addition, the educational

programme includes conferences that will be given by executive managers of some of the most important healthcare organizations and companies. The hosted buyers that are invited to the Forum are formed by the representatives of the companies that have the makings of Medical Thermal Tourism and lead the patients to the Medical Thermal Tourism supporting countries.

MODEF 2016 Furniture & Decoration Fair arouses great interest as usual

Bursa conveys its friendship message to Balkans once more Recep Altepe: “ We do our utmost best to upgrade our relations with the Balkan countries by launching a series of mutually fruitfull economic and cultural projects” BURSA-Recep Altepe, Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa delivered a speech during the Summit Meeting on Balkan Televisions organized by Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, TİKA-Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency and Association for Solidarity of the Turks of Western Trace.

Recep Altepe said, “Bursa is a special city which has an peculiar identity. It is a major center on Silk Road and Spice Route. It is a city of agriculture, thermal springs and history.

More than half of its population is made of the Balkan emigrees. Each and everyone of you living in the Balkans has definitely a relative or a friend in Bursa. On one hand, we keep working on transformation of Bursa into a contemporary city as we make effort to dynamize the values of Bursa on the other hand. You would see the traces of the Balkans wherever you go in Bursa. We are the members of a common geography and history.”

He said, “Kosovo and Skopje had been conquered 64 years before Istanbul was. All the conqueror generals are from Bursa. Today, we do our best to revitalize our relations. We are nations with an obligation to support and

prioritize each other. That is why we keep working on our activities pertaining to the Balkans. We have assured a major integration in the Balkans for the last 6-7years. We are trying to make up the loss time.”

Recep Altepe said, “We work hard only to protect this unity and integration, and we will keep working since friendship calls for an unconditional contribution. We are ready to make all kinds of sacrificies in this regard.

Such meetings enable us to get to know each other in a better fashion. We like each other more as we come closer. I hope you would leave Bursa with fruitful results and beautiful memories.”

Necmettin Hüseyin, Chairman Association for Solidarity of the Turks of Western Trace, said that the Summit would pave the way for cementing cooperation and friendship between Turkey and the Balkan countries.

Atilla Baykal, Chairman of the Board Rumeli Television, pointed out that economic, social and cultural relationa between Turkey and Balkan countries should be increased by a series of sutainable projects.

İNEGÖL- MODEF 2016, Furniture and Decoration Fair, held in İnegöl, was opened by the participation of Münir Karaloğlu, Governor of Bursa, Recep Altepe, Mayor, Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, Alinur Aktaş, Mayor of İnegöl, İbrahim Burkay, Chairman of the Board, Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry-BTSO Metin Anıl, Chairman of the Board, İnegöl Chamber of Commerce and İndustry, Yavuz Uğurdağ, Chairman of the Board, MODEF. Yavuz Uğurdağ, Chairman of the Board, MODEF said, “ İnegöl, as a most prominent furniture manufacturing center of Turkey, exports to 160 countries, recording 350 million dollars export revenue. The covered area of MODEF would be 60,000 square meters for our forthcoming events.”

Chain Stores, Wholesalers, Distributors, Importers, Exporters, Professional Purchasing Managers, Dealers, Architects, Interior Designers, Decorators, Industrial Designers, Contracting Companies, Furniture Supply Industry Manufacturers.

The major product groups displayed at the Fair are: Modern, Classic, Wooden and Modular Furniture, Dining & Bed Group, Armchairs, Chairs & Sofas, Baby & Young Room, Furniture Accessories. As for the major sectors of the Fair, they include: Furniture Stores,

Through MODEF 2016, visitors discovered the wide range of products and unique samples that reflect both modern and classical designs, and also understand why the heart of the Turkish furniture sector is in Inegol. Furniture industrialists of İnegöl are now working for famous

brands and some of them became famous in international platforms and they are awarded by worldfamous design contests. As a furniture exporting town, İnegöl is investing a lot for improving its production technology, for modern management, marketing, sales, R&D and branding process. Most of the exporters meet strictly international quality standards. Furniture firms have begun to employ more designers to develop new styles and to meet the everchanging tastes of customers.

Remarkable increases in land prices outperformed the returns of all investment instruments in Bursa BURSA-Sertaç Koyuncu, Sales Representative of Çalımlıoğlu Real Estate Inc. headquartered in Bursa said, “ The increase in land prices in Bursa outperformed the returns of all investment instruments such as gold, foreign currency, and share prices.

The prices of land in Bursa increased by 480 per cent in the last five years.

The increase could reach almost 3000 per cent in some areas. He said, “ Environs of İstanbul-İzmir Highway, Yenişehir district of Bursa and

Özlüce of Nilüfer have become most prominent places to invest in recent years. We as Çalımlıoğlu offer consultancy services to our customers” He said, “ We are planning to offer dealership and franchise in İstanbul, Germany and London. We are operating under the principle of “quality service coupled with confidence” paving the way for maximum customer satisfaction. Actually, Çalımlıoğlu has turned out to be a prominent player in real estate market of Bursa

in recent years.” Sertaç Koyuncu noted, “In recent years, real estate investments in Bursa have become the first choice for Arab tourists and investors in particular. Apart from being an industrial city, Bursa has a rich culture and tourism capacity that attract tourists around the world.

Many businessmen operating in the Middle Eastern countries are planning to make investments in housing and shopping mall projects.”

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Tourism GüzTur at the service of business people

GüzTur Tourism, which operates in a customer oriented way with superior service understanding as its objective on issues such as health tourism, congress, seminar, domestic and international trips, package tour programs and flight tickets, transfers and rent a car, offers longtime business partnership with its innovative solutions to private companies and public organizations with the principle of providing the best quality service at the most economical prices also in its corporate services.

• We believe in the individual’s value, • We exist upon principles of trust, respect and transparency, • We work with passion and awareness, • We always learn and improve, • We are aware of our social responsibility and leading position.”

GüzTur Tourism, which aims for interna-

represented at ITB Berlin International Tourism Fair efficently has turned out to be colourful and lively business environment for global tourism market.

GüzTur derives its highest pride from the satisfaction expressed generously by its clients who come to enjoy products and services.

Under this management process; “We as GüzTur make use of talents and experiences of the executives and employees to provide more creative, highly competitive and proficient services, securing customer satisfaction.

“Bursa-The Great City” BURSA-Bursa was promoted by “The Five Theme of The City: Health, Mystery, Excitement, Discovery and Adventure” at ITB Berlin 2016 efficiently. The event

GüzTur Tourism driven by over 6 years of experience and expertise has successfully completed numerous congress and event organizations of national and international scale.

Our primary goal is to implement the place and time management in such manner that expectations of each and every individual are considered, the community served is allowed to focus on a specific topic within a specific period, the optimum comfort is provided, exaggeration is avoided, and the highest criteria of aesthetics, rationality and modernity are complied with.

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tional quality standards with its expert, experienced, active and innovative staff, gathered its work under two main titles: “Travel Agency” and “Fair” in this respect.

GüzTur Tourism “Travel Agency” is an institution which separates the areas of expertise within its body with the belief that working in a customer oriented way with high efficiency requires expertise.

Holiday and Travel: it provides all services required for private travel and holiday, Corporate: it offers special services for all kinds of business trips and organizations of companies, organizations and institutions Incoming: it continues its operations meticulously with increasing business volume in order to increase travel to Turkey from Europe and many other countries, especially from Middle East, and it contributes to the promotion of Turkey.

Bursa was represented by Bursa Governorship and Bursa Metropolitan Municipality officially at the Fair.

Münir Karaloğlu, Governor of Bursa said, “ As a matter of fact, we are living in a century of brands. The cities are more marked than the countries to which they belong. As known, we have recently launched our motto under the name of “Bursa-The Great City” coupled with our new logo. We believe that this logo, inspired by the riches of the city, would pave the way for contributing to the branding process of Bursa.”

Yunus Fatih Kadiroğlu, Deputy Governor of Bursa said, “ITB Berlin paved the way for an ideal ground for the riches of Bursa. “We know that being quality conscious is a prerequisite for a brand formation. So, we put emphasis on upgrading Bursa in terms of major quality standards.

Bursa is a fruitful city giving birth to worldwide brands such as its historic monuments, textiles, towels, chestnut, peach, fig and some other products.”

Apart from Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, the other municipalities of the region participated in ITB Berlin to convey the message of the city.

Bursa has turned out to be a city of summits and international gatherings such as Balkan Economic Summit and Uludağ Economic Summit. Arab

Economic Summit was held recently.

Arab and Middle Eastern tourism has gained momentum in recent years.

Apart from being an industrial city, Bursa has a rich culture and tourism capacity that welcome Arab tourists.

Many Arab business people are eager to make investments in housing and shopping mall projects. Bursa, being inscribed on UNESCO World Herit-

age List and also being the first and the only city from Turkey which is the member of European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA), attracted great interest at the Fair.

During the fair, the promotion brochures together with other promotion materials were distributed to the visitors of the Bursa stand.

Real estate projects of Bursa displayed at IRES Fair attract the interests of foreign investors

BURSA- Bursa Construction 2016 and IRES Bursa Real Estate , which opened their doors with the participation of 280 companies at the Bursa International Exhibition and Convention Center, hosted visitors.

The Construction Exhibition and the IRES Real Estate Exhibition, where more than 280 participants have set up stands in 6 different halls, hosted to important committees of buyers from overseas, and in particular the Gulf states.

Recep Altepe, Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, “ IRES has been instrumental to display dynamism of Bursa’s real estate and construction sector.

We, Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa, strive for making Bursa a brand city. We envisage a brand-new, powerful and competitive Bursa for the future, based on its unique historic and cultural richness. Within this framework, we launch a series of infrastructural investments in order to upgrade the quality of life in Bursa. Our projects related to the future of Bursa make their presence felt abroad as well. As known, The European Commission organizes the European Green Capital Award (EGCA), which recognises and

rewards local efforts to improve the environment, the economy and the quality of life in cities.”

He added, “The EGCA is given each year to a city, which is leading the way in environmentally friendly urban living. Cities differ enormously and sharing concrete examples of what a European Green Capital can look like is essential if further progress is to be made.”

Investors from the Gulf countries signed agreements for 150 properties on the first day of the Bursa Real Estate Exhibition İbrahim Burkay, the Chairman of the Board the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO), said that their objective was to ensure 1 billion dollars of revenue to the sector thanks to this exhibition.

Burkay, who stated that the Real Estate Special Section, which had hosted its visitors in only one hall within the scope of the Construction Exhibition last year, was this year being organized in 2 separate halls, under the name of the IRES Bursa Real Estate Exhibition, and pointed out that it was very important to bring the products being produced in the city together with buyers. İbrahim Burkay said, “We presented products with a high added value at this exhibition.”

M. Ali Al Janahi, Secretary General of Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, “ Bursa offers challenging real estate opportunities for foreign investors. IRES paves an ideal platform for the real estate business. We wish lucrative business for all participants.”

Businessmen from Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Egypt, French, Greece, Georgia, Holland, Hungary, Iraq, Iran, Kirghizstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Jordon, Qatar, Palestine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan were hosted.

Representatives from cities of Turkey with a developed real estate industry have met with the participating companies. The volume of business produced by the buying committees have contributed to the development of the industry, as well as to local and national economy. With the special organization of Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, leading real estate investors from Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates met with the participating companies.

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A to Z services for tourists by Uzun Group A group of companies, Uzun company offers services in the tourism, construction and food industries in Bursa. General manager Murat Uzun informed about his company and its activities.

How many companies do you have in your group? When was the company founded?

It was founded in 2014 by joining five companies in tourism, rent a car, construction, hotel and apart businesses. Long travel started in 1996 and got A-class certificate in travel agency. It offers transfer, hotel, congress, and ticket sales services. It covers all the needs of tourists who come to Bursa from other cities from the beginning to the end of its trip.

What is the importance of Bursa in terms of tourism?

Bursa is on the crossroads connecting Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya. It is so close to Istanbul, and has facilities for mountain, forest, sea, winter, summer, cultural, health and religious tourisms.

Which of the destinations attracts the most visitor and from which countries?

Lately, tourists in Bursa are here for mostly to see the history, nature and the green in the city. Some come for their health and some for investment.

Mostly they come from Kuwait, than from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. They came here for both tourism and for buying dwellings.

Do you have any services for A Plus customers?

We offer all what they demand. For example, we carry them by choppers; we have yacht services, from Istanbul airport, to seashore, besides private jets and sea taxies. For those who prefer to travel on land we rent luxury cars. We have a fleet of 50 VIP vehicles, ready to serve.

What do you want to say about health tourism that is becoming popular lately?

How fares the car and fleet rent business?

We have operations in 16 cities with 700 vehicles including Bursa to serve domestic customers. The vehicles are rented either to individuals or to corporations under different contracts.

Customers coming or leaving Bursa may apply for their needs in Budo or Ido ports and other locations.

What are the other services your company offers?

We have hotels and aparts in Istanbul, Bursa, Yalova and Antalya to serve both domestic and foreign guests. We have an export company as well. It imports toothbrush. Uzun Group has been serving in construction sector since 1990.

It has built several kiosks, hotels and other buildings, including dwellings made of high quality materials.

Hair plant is the most demanded service in this regard. Bursa has a good share from this market.

Most of the operations were done in Istanbul.

We informed health centers and they assumed operations.

Odunluk Mah. Lefkoşe Cad. Operator Sk. Tezeller İş. Mrk. No:1/A Daire:13 Nilüfer / Bursa /TURKEY P: 0090 224 225 00 47 F: 0090 224 225 00 87

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Wellness

May June 2016

Rommer opens up in abroad in healthcare tourism Established in 1994 as a rehabilitation center for rheumatism and physical therapy, Rommer signed a partnership agreement with an Arab company in Celik Palas Hotel. The cooperation will be repeated at other destinations as well. Traditional facilities of the hotel will be combined with modern equipment and procedures. An international call center is also to be established to serve the guests at their languages. Founder of the center Dr. Metin Yurdakos said his organization would extend its hand to other hospitals and centers in the region as they are serving foreign patients.

Details of the call center project We decided that it will be more efficient and less costly to serve in one center that operates 7/25 for the needs of patients treated in the hospitals, healthcare centers and thermal facilities in south Marmara region. The project is supported by he funds of regional development agency.

Soranus, new stop for prospective parents Dr. Serbulent Orhaner: “Our method for patient and egg preparation increases the chance of conceiving.”

Established in 1998 in Bursa to serve in the gynecology and child bearing Soranus Test-Tube Baby Center offers up-to-date technology to parents who want to have siblings. The name of the center comes from Soranus of Ephesus, the early names in the gynecology and birth sciences who lived in Anatolia in the second century A.D. Dr. Serbulent Orhaner informed about his clinic.

The center will serve in five languages, including English, Arabic and Russian. Callers can get detailed information from the experts and persons that were directed to them by the operators who greet people in their languages.

What is specific for your center from other test-tube baby clinics?

Why Celik Palas?

This is the first modern thermal hotel in Bursa having historical thermal waters of the city and is part of Swiss Bell hotel chain. It hosted many prominent celebrities in the past and its structure was renovated recently. It contains Himalaya salt room and efficient healthcare staff. It heals problems related with allergy, breathing, stress, and fitness.

Other activities in healthcare tourism?

We organized first kids parade for international handicapped people, supported by local partners. We offer treatment and accommodation services for patients coming for their hair loss, test-tube baby (extracorporeal insemination) and tooth problems. Physical therapy services are our basic line of business for years aiming the customers abroad.

We invest 900 thousand liras for the ventilation of the center that filtrates the air pumped into the building. Air quality is important for health establishments. Other equipment used in the processes are all updated. Besides, our method for preparing both patients and eggs for the operation has higher rates of conceiving. Patients that were not satisfied with others have been conceived in our clinic.

The eggs and embryos are prepared by two different methods. One of them is called longer and the other is known as shorter protocols.

Healthy women produce an egg each month, each period. If both spouses are healthy, the probability of conception is % 25, maximum. With an aim to increase the lower chance of conceiving we prepare more than one egg, mostly two, for our patients. When the time comes we used them. Having eggs that its chromosomes were halved for conception, they are ready to be fertilized.

What is the advantage of your method?

During the period of growth of the egg, there should not be any changes in the hormones that reduce fertilization. We use the longer protocol with a small modification. Our laboratory is at higher standards and we employ more than one embryo expert. Because, the job is tedious and requires delicate operation. It is also important to replace the embryo in the womb without harming it. Quality control is a must. They are highly sensitive human cells, they are prone to any small changes in physical conditions, including the heath.

It should be at 37 degrees of centigrade. If it is not, either higher or lower, the cell loses its life or began to decay. Metabolic events occur in human body. Cells that make our body are not stable. For example, proteins are made chain of amino acids and formed a 3 D structure. One side o the molecule does something and the other side is tied to another molecule. The heath tolerance of the cells is very limited.

For this reasons, we continuously have checked and calibrated our equipment in the calibration centers having worldwide fame. The acidity of the serums is also important for successful operations.

Medical Park Bursa Hospital moves to its new building

BURSA-Medical Park Bursa Hospital moves to its new building in line with a recent protocol between Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa and Medical Park Bursa Hospital, participated by Recep Altepe, Metropolitan Mayor of Bursa and Associate Professor Sedat Demir, General Manager, Medical Park Bursa Hospital.

Associate Professor Sedat Demir, General Manager, Medical Park Bursa Hospital pointed out, “Medical Park Bursa Hospital is also accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) and contemporary technology and advanced treatment methods are used in most effective way for diagnosis and treatment services.”

“In the Hospital; results in European standards are obtained at surgeries of Brain and Nerve Surgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Heart and Vessel Surgery, Eye, ENT, General Surgery and Plastic Surgery departments.”

Associate Professor Sedat Demir, General Manager, Bursa Medical Park Hospital noted, “Bursa, being renowned for its unique geographical position, natural beauties and climate, including its proximity to sea and Uludağ, has turned out to be an ideal place for quality health services. Health services produced in Bursa are competitive in terms of price and quality, judged by the international standards. Bursa has been able to combine health services and tourism in an ideal way. So, Bursa attracts diverse range of tourists demanding health and medical services in recent years, with its modern and competent hospitals which comply with most up to date technology and knowhow.”

He added, “We are convinced that Bursa’s successful performance in health torism will increasingly continue and Bursa will be capital city of Turkey as far as health tourism is concerned.”

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Bursa Medical Park Hospital in the field of Neurosurgery!

Neurosurgery Clinic of the Medicalpark Bursa Hospital serves domestic and international patients by academician staff with international education background in strict concordance with the mission of the Medicalpark Hospitals Group, “Health for everybody”.

Spinal surgery operations (cervical, thoracal and lumbar discectomies, degenerative spine surgeries and instrumentations), trauma surgery (epidural, subdural and intra-parenchymal hematomas, compression fractures, cranioplasties, spine fractures and spondylolisthesis, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty), neuro-oncological tumor surgeries (Glial tumors, metastatic tumors, meningiomas, pituitary adenoma surgeries, posterior fossa surgeries, cerebellopontine angle tumors, skull base tumors, skull base tumors), congenital anomalies (craniocytosis surgeries, meningocele, meningomyelocele, hydrocephalus surgeries, neurovascular surgery (aneurysms, arteriovenous malformation, cavernoma, spinal AVM and AVF surgeries).

Low back pain and treatment Assoc. Prof. Melih Çekinmez, from Neurosurgery Clinic of Bursa Medical Park Hospital, specified that almost everybody suffers low back pain at any time of the life. He emphasized that low back pains are mostly characterized with mechanical aches resulting from daily rush and sprain/strain and added that medications and physiotherapy may help those pains.

faster regress” he added. Assoc.

Prof. Melih Çekinmez clarified the fact that full recovery may not be achieved in some conditions of the “Cauda Equina Syndrome” and he emphasized that irreversible complications, such as urinary incontinence or strength and/or sensory deficit, may be experienced, although correct surgery is successfully performed.

Mr. Çekinmez concluded that the consideration is to make patient survive best possible quality life, while timing of the surgery is decided, and “the most common mistake in the lumbar hernia is to make the decision ‘there is hernia, and surgery is required’ or ‘there is no hernia and thus, surgery is not required’ solely based on evaluating radiological films on a negatoscope” he added and emphasized that a detail medical history should be first obtained and radiological studies should be evaluated in the light of the neurological examination.

He added that for low back pain actually secondary to the lumbar hernia, medications or physiotherapy may be insufficient and time lost secondary to insufficient time will negatively influence the outcome of the surgery.

“Cauda Equina syndrome may result with paraplegia secondary to complete impingement of nerves originating from the spinal cord by the herniated disc” said Assoc. Prof. Melik Çekinmez, who underlined the importance of selecting best therapeutic option for each patient. Mr. Çekinmez explained that this pro-

cess is not only accompanied with strength and sensory deficit, but it may also lead to sexual dysfunction, fecal incontinence or urinary incontinence.

“Complaints of the patient should be listened and the neurological examination should be directed accordingly, and thus, the best possible method should be preferred” he said.

Assoc. Prof. Melih Çekinmez specified that those conditions necessarily require operation and time lost secondary to insufficient physiotherapy or medication therapy will negatively influence the outcome of surgery, and he warned “the patient should be operated and the compression should be eliminated as soon as possible”. “Thus, nerve can recover and symptoms will clearly and

Emphasizing the necessity that a detailed evaluation is made to clear out whether there is strength, sensory and/or reflex deficit and the picture is globally considered along with the lumbar MRI, Assoc. Prof. Melih Çekinmez mentioned that the patient should be clearly informed about benefits and risks of the operation and a solution is preferred in this end.

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sedat Demir

Health tourism, a natural value in Bursa Today, health tourism has important share in tourism revenues of the several countries. It is a well-known fact that health tourism revenues of some developing countries are much more higher than their any other tourism incomes.

Health tourism, which means to procure health care from another countries due to certain reasons, may also be a significant potential source of income in developing countries. Our country experienced some fundamental health problems that could not overcome in the past. However, in line with successful implementation of health care reform, health tourism has become a crucial item on the agenda.Those people who are unable to reach to medical services in their own countries divert their health demand to other countries. The duration and very long process of treatment is another reason for health tourism demand.

When we look at our country in general and Bursa in particular, we can say that we are able to offer competitive health services and medical treatment in terms of quality and price.

Health care is very expensive and not easily reachable in the world’s many most developed countries, It is known that an appointment, even for very simple operations can be given after several months.

Our country has turned out to

be efficient in this regard. Native and foreign patients can benefit from quality health care in return for reasonable prices. Therefore, our country is preferred with a rapidly increasing demand of health care from abroad.

The health services demand directed to our country arise mainly from the African countries and the Turkic Republics. Bursa, being renowned for its unique geographical position, natural beauties and climate, including its proximity to sea and Uludag, has turned out to be an ideal place for quality health services. Health services produced in Bursa are competitive in terms of price and quality, judged by the international standards. Bursa has been able to combine health services and tourism in an ideal way. So, Bursa attracts diverse range of tourists demanding health and medical services in recent years, with its modern and competent hospitals which comply with most up to date technology and know-how.

We are convinced that Bursa’s successful performance in health tourism will increasingly continue and Bursa will be capital city of Turkey as far as health tourism is concerned.

Our country and Bursa in particular provide good health care services to Muslim countries which we have common culture and religion. Therefore this fact is a pride and honor for Bursa.

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May June 2016

Sadi Kurtulan, Mayor of Mustafakemalpaşa:

“A promising and prosperous future lie ahead for people living in our town” Mustafakemalpasa takes remarkable strides to become a brand-new town of the region. We are planning to integrate thermal waters of Tumbuldek with thermal and health tourism facilities of Bursa.

We have recently interviewed Sadi Kurtulan, Mayor of Mustafakemalpaşa. Sadi Kurtulan has focused on the riches of the region by underlining the fact that the region has been undergoing a structural transformation more than ever before. Excerpts:

Could you brief us on the basic characteristics of Mustafakemalpaşa?

Being the largest one in terms of its total area, Mustafakemalpaşa is one of the most charming towns of Bursa. It is located between Bursa and Balıkesir. 60 percent of the total area of the town is covered with forests and the remaining 40 percent covered with the fertile plains. Mustafakemalpaşa is a town renowned with its natural beauty and riches.

The economic activity of the region consists of various industries, food, tomato paste, and canned food factories, dairy products, animal husbandry, agriculture, agro-industry and mining particulary for coal, boron and marble.

We know that Tümbüldek thermal waters have taken significant strides to become an attraction center of the region. What would like to say about Tümbüldek as a center for health tourism?

As known, healthy way of living is one of the basic needs of the people. Within this framework, we are planning to integrate thermal waters of Tümbüldek

with thermal and health tourism facilities of Bursa.

We know the healing properties of thermal waters of Tümbüldek are enormous. Therefore, the region would serve as an ideal destination for health tourism. Apart from the thermal waters of Tümbüldek, the region coupled with Suuçtu Waterfall would offer an ideal tourism destination for its cycle lanes, paragliding, walking trails and other sport activities.

Suuçtu Waterfall has turned out to be one of the most striking natural beauties of region. Could you mention about that?

Suuçtu Waterfall and the Nature Park have become incrasingly a focus of attention in recent years. We try to upgrade the infrastructural services of the region.

Bursa’s Suuçtu Waterfall, 18 kilometers away from Mustafakemalpaşa, offers magnificent beauty that awaits photographers and nature lovers.

Suuçtu Waterfall, which is a hidden treasure and offers a different beauty in every season. We want this place to be promoted to the world and host tourists from all around the world.

The Waterfall, which is in a beech-tree forest is one of the most beautiful spots in Turkey. The area is a haven for nature aficionados, nature sports lovers and photographers, particularly during the fall. The

Sadi Kurtulan Mayor of Mustafakemalpaşa

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waterfall, is made up of the Karadere River which emerges from the Çataldağ and Kavalıyayla rivers and the merging of the side tributaries of these rivers. The rivers also meet the water needs of Mustafakemalpaşa and the 15 villages within the district.

Mustafakemalpaşa district is 84 kilometers away from the provincial center of Bursa, while the waterfall is close to the area’s Muradiyesarnıç village. It was formed with the collapse of a fault line and also features a small lake that appears in winter.

Suuçtu is a popular resort area to visit during the weekends. The area is known as an oxygen depot among the beech trees. Besides being a natural air-conditioning unit, the Suuçtu Waterfall also has natural walking routes and a trout production center. We presented a detailed restructuring and restoration project on Suuçtu Waterfall to The Union of Bursa Culture and Tourism Promotion. The Project was approved by the Union.

The Waterfall was also registered as a brand by Turkish Patent Institute.

As known, Mustafakemalpaşa is also renowned for its traditional Kemalpaşa Dessert- Kemalpaşa Tatlısı, originally called Cheese Dessert-Peynir Tatlısı. What particular aspects of the dessert do you want to mention?

We know that sweets and desserts have always been distinctive elements of Turkish cuisine. Even an old Turkish saying advises one to “eat sweet, speak in a sweet way”. Dairy desserts are extensively consumed due to their nutritive and delicious characteristics.

Mustafakemalpaşa (cheese) dessert is a traditional dessert, prepared with sugar syrup, mainly consumed in western parts of Turkey. The dessert is made from fresh unsalted cheese (40-70%), semolina flour (40-50%), baking powder and eggs. The shelf life of the dessert could be prolonged by diversified baking and packing processes.

Mustafakemalpaşa dessert is consumed after boiling in sugar syrup until desired softness. Mustafakemalpaşa dessert should have a bright and yellowish-brown color, convex shape, and an intensive fresh cheese flavour.

It should not be broken, burned, or pale in color, and should have no undesired contaminants. Color is a key quality characteristic because of the visual impact at the point of sale. It should be noted that the dessert should be eaten in Mustafakemalpaşa in order to experience its delicious taste and flavour.

What are the major projects underway for Mustafakemalpaşa?

People living in our town have always been enterprising and productive individuals, being active in industrial and agricultural sectors. Actually, the town hosts diverse range of industries such canned food and Turkey’s first and leading tomato paste factories, mining and marble companies, including meat, milk-based dairy products industries. We, as, Municipality of Mustafakemalpaşa, put emphasis on a series of new investments in order to regulate the flow of

motor vehicles traffic within the town. We cooperate with Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa to initiate a modern intercity coach terminal for Mustafakemalpaşa.

We have also undertaken a series of public works for Tümbüldek thermal water facilities, Suuçtu Waterfall and the related Nature Park, including brook of Mustafakemalpaşa and its vicinity.

Finally, what would you like to add? What vision do you have for the future of the town?

As I noted earlier, we are determined to restructure the infrastructural capacity of the town. After completion of our projects, the town would make its presence felt more than ever before. With our legendary dessert, Suuçtu Waterfall and world renowned marble, we will continue to convey our message for brand-new projects on tourism, trade and industry. We can say that a promising and prosperous future lie ahead for people living here.

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May June 2016

Bursa invites Brazilian business people to invest in Bursa

Leaders gather and discuss the global agenda at Uludağ Economy Summit BURSA-The Uludağ Economic Summit, organized by Capital and Ekonomist magazines, was held in Uludağ located in the mountains to the northwest of Bursa.

Themes of the summit include “tomorrow’s competitive sectors,” “the future of industry” and “Industry 4.0.” Mustafa Koç, a leading Turkish businessperson who lost his life recently after a heart attack at the age 52, was commemorated at the summit with the showing of a film about his life.

The opening was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek, responsible for the economy, by economy bureaucrats and leading representatives from the Turkish business community.

In his speech, Şimşek empha-

this low rate of savings it is quite difficult for us to grow like China or India. Let’s be realistic. For this reason, we should increase our savings,” he said at the summit that gathered prominent businesspeople and economists together on Mount Uludağ.

sized the need to increase the level of savings in Turkey. He recognized this as a major problem which needed to be rectified to improve the stability of the Turkish economy.

“What we lack is savings. Really, in Turkey, savings are low. With

“As a matter of fact, at the essence of the interest rate debate today, lies this. In other words, if savings were adequate in Turkey, if capital markets were deeper, with this fiscal policy performance and with this reform agenda, Turkey’s risk premium in this global conjuncture and Turkey’s interest rates could be very low. The reason is that the global conjuncture, the fiscal policy and also the reform agenda call for this. What is our problem? We have too few savings”

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“We should deepen the system, increase our savings…. Now our expectation is that our citizens should save a certain amount of resource for the future. Make a saving. We should introduce incentives [like] ‘save 100 Turkish Liras and we will give you 25 liras,” Şimşek said.

At the summit, leaders’ global and social agendas, importance of being digital firms were discussed. Opportunities of African and Chinese markets were evaluated. During the summit, the question “what Turkey must do to have regional and global power?” were discussed.

Several international and domestic business delegates as well as key political figures attended panel discussions during the twoday summit.

BURSA-Yunus Fatih Kadiroğlu, Deputy Governor of Bursa, hosted Paulo Roberto Caminha De Castilhos França, Chief Istanbul Consul of Brazil. Yunus Fatih Kadiroğlu and Paulo Roberto Caminha De Castilhos França exchanged views on the issues of mutual concern.

Yunus Fatih Kadiroğlu Deputy Governor of Bursa, pointed out, “Brazil is Turkey’s first strategic partner in South America and its biggest trade partner in the region. In addition to the Turkish Embassy in Brazil. Turkey has a Consulate General in Sao Paulo.

We invite Brasilian investors to invest in Bursa. Bursa offers a series of generous investment incentives for foreign investors.

Eight political consultation meetings were held to this day and a High Level Consultation Mechanism (HLCM) at the level of Foreign Ministers was established in 2006.”

In 2010, President Erdoğan, the then Prime Minister, paid an official visit to Brazil during which the “Action Plan for Strategic Partnership” was signed. The strategic nature of the relations

Turkey’s 40 thousand caves becoming tourism and sport destinations BURSA-Turkey has more than 40,000 caves, while a small minority of these are currently open for tourism.

Out of the 50 caves open for tourism, 31 are open to everyone, 12 are for those who bring their equipment with them and 7 are only for the professionals.

In a recent workshop on caving held in Bursa, the past, present and future of the caves of the region were discussed in detail. Abdülkadir Karlık, Deputy Mayor of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality said, “Bursa has 63 caves of the country. Our infrastructural works are underway for restoration of Ayvaini Cave, one of the longest caves of Turkey. When completed, Ayvaini Cave would become one of the most attractive caves of Turkey from the standpoint of tourism and sport activities.

Emre Baturay Altınok, Chairman, Caving Federation of Turkey said, “ This workshop has been instrumental to focus on the problems of caving.” Atilla Ülgen, Chairman, Association for Caving, said, “Bursa offers diverse range of opportunities for caving tourism and sport activities.”

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During the workshop held in Bursa, the following items dominated the agenda: Caving — also traditionally known as spelunking and potholing is the recreational pastime of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems. Caving is often undertaken for the enjoyment of the outdoor activity or for physical exercise, as well as original exploration, similar to mountaineering or diving. Physical or biological science is also an important goal for some cavers, while others are engaged in cave photography.

Virgin cave systems comprise some of the last unexplored regions on Earth and much effort is put into trying to locate, enter and survey them. In well-explored regions (such as most developed nations), the most accessible caves have already been explored, and gaining access to new caves often requires cave digging or cave diving. Caving, in certain areas, has also been utilized as a form of eco and adventure tourism.

Tour companies have established an industry leading and guiding tours into and through caves. Depending on the type of cave and the type of tour, the experience could be adventure-based or ecological-based.

Caving has also been described as an “individualist’s team sport” by some, as cavers can often make a trip without direct physical assistance from others but will generally go in a group for companionship or to provide emergency help if needed. Some consider the assistance cavers give each other as a typical team sport activity. Too much emphasis on the labeling of caving as a sport can narrow the goals of caving as a whole. Caving often puts the needs and welfare of a cave before those of the active participants. It is fair to say that while caving shares some attributes of sport activities, for many it transcends sports as many cavers pursue cave science, mapping, photography, and the management and conservation of cave resources.

between the two countries was further reinforced with the joint declaration titled “Turkey-Brazil: A Strategic Perspective for Dynamic Partnership” during President Dilma Rousseff’s visit to Turkey in 2011. In 2015, Turkey-Brazil bilateral trade volume was about 2.25 billion US Dollars, which amounts to a 10% decline compared to the previous year.

Paulo Roberto Caminha De Castilhos França. Chief Istanbul Consul of Brazil said, “Brazilian economy is the world’s ninth-largest by nominal GDP and seventh-largest by GDP as of 2015. A member of the BRICS group, Brazil until 2010 had one of the world’s fastest growing major economies, with its economic reforms giving the country new international recognition and influence.

We think that Turkey and Brasil could cooperate on various fields.

Bursa has turned out to be a fertile ground for foreign investors.

Brasilian and Turkish people have some common characteristics such as their hospitality and enterprising nature.”

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Marigold Termal Otel& SPA

The first thermal SPA featured “City” hotel in Bursa.

Welcome to Marigold Thermal and Spa which is the most friendly and the newest thermal SPA city hotel of Bursa.

Marigold Thermal & SPA Hotel, has the uniqueness of the thermal therapy tradition, the location by being in the heart of the city and the name comes from Velvet flowers in the foothills of Uludag mountains.

Thermal & Spa Hotel, a five-star comfort and Marigold boutique hotel concept of hospitality in a very different temperature meet. Away from the standard hotel concept, unique and peaceful city hotel ...

46 °C thermal water in a pool and also the rooms, the baths, the warm smile on the face of the team

Sheraton Bursa Hotel

Whether on business or leisure, the Sheraton Bursa Hotel is the leading hotel address in Bursa. The Hotel offers 171 spacious guestrooms including 10 suites, an All Day Dining restaurant and a Specialty Restaurant offering international cuisine. Link@ Sheraton Café with its healthy options and our exclusive Club Lounge give you further options.

Pamper yourself at the Sheraton Shine Spa Bursa the ultimate wellness experience offering an indoor pool, Hammam and a wide variety of massages. Tone up at our Sheraton Fitness accessible 24/7. For your meetings and special activities the Sheraton Bursa Hotel offers 1,340 square meters of flexible meeting space. Sheraton Bursa Hotel is truly a gathering place for urban explorers. We look forward to have you with us.

Odunluk Mahallesi Akpınar Cad · Bursa, 16110 · Turkey P: +90 224 300 16 16 www.sheratonbursahotel.com

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Artıç Hotel

Our Hotel has accepted serving tourism as essential, it has changed Turkish Hospitality to permanent feelings and it has placed in your hearts with these feelings since 1968.

In addition to being one of the oldest hotels of Bursa, our Hotel continues high quality customer satisfaction.

Our Hotel stands opposite of Ulu Mosque and next to historical Covered Market. Our Hotel, which was a mansion before 1968, has been changed to modern foundation after this year to serve tourism.

Our hotel has the capacity of 70 rooms.1 deluxe room, 3 corner rooms,8 connected rooms and 58 standard rooms.Our hotel has 135 beds capacity.

Atatürk Cad. Ulucami Karsısı No:95 16010 Osmangazi/Bursa P: +90 224 224 55 05 www.artichotel.com

Montania Hotel

MONTANIA SPECIAL CLASS HOTEL offers its guest-oriented service concept with unparalled quality by blending the comfort and services that it offers. You will feel yourself at home in company with the history, sea, in magical harmony of classic and modern with the excellence of the service provided.

MONTANIA combines modern and contemporary service concept of Today with its historical atmosphere thanks to the experience that it has.

MONTANIA is for epicure guests travelling for business and entertainment in search of the best during their accomodation.

MONTANIA SPECIAL CLASS HOTEL with its 32 rooms is a charachteristic beautiful option for the ones who would like have nostalgia for the past. İstasyon Cad. Mudanya/Bursa P: +90 224 544 60 00 www.montania.com.tr

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Aloft Bursa Hotel

Discover Aloft Bursa, the new tWist in travel has arrived in town, in the heart of Nilüfer district.

Stay and play in a spacious loft-inspired room featuring ultra-comfy signature beds, oversized spa showers, tech savvy features like a 40” flat-screen TV and free WiFi available throughout the whole hotel.

Mix and mingle over live music, signature cocktails and unmissable events at the W xyz Bar, a no-walls, no limits space Hungry? Grab breakfast or some snacks in Re:fuel and relax at Re:mix or get moving in our Re:charge fitness center open 24/7.

Our tactic meeting spaces make it easy to give your meeting an easy breezy touch. You will feel at home with our friendly service delivered by our talents Odunluk Mahallesi Akpınar Cad · Bursa, 16110 · Turkey · P: +90 224 300 30 30 www.aloftbursa.com

Vip Apart Hotel

VIP APART HOTEL is located on Kükürtlü Street in the area of Green Bursa’s well know Thermal springs. It is composed of twenty five apartments of various sizes. Each of these apartments has been decorated and furnished in order to provide you with all the comforts of home. It serves as a home away from home. VIP APART HOTEL has luxury and comfortable bedrooms, bathrooms and living room designed for you comfort and enjoyment. Kitchens are fully equipped with ovens, refrigerators and automatic washing machines. Each unit has a telephone line for domestic and international calls. A cable TV is included in the room where electronic safes are installed. Breakfast room is provided when needed. The Hotel has excellent fire and security systems and a wireless network. In addition to the services and facilities listed above, VIP APART HOTEL provides parking spaces and living-rooms with air conditioning.

Kükürtlü Cad No:46/48 Osmangazi/BURSA P:+90 224 234 34 75 (pbx) www.vipaparthotel.com

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MIPIM HIGHLIGHTS NEW INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

BURSA makes its presence felt at MIPIM once more The 27th edition of MIPIM Real Estate Fair saw real estate executives and investors expressing a mixture of optimism and caution over the state of the global market, while there are variations by territory and asset sector, the overall picture for 2016 is positive.

Following last year’s MIPIM theme of ‘Digital Revolution,’ MIPIM 2016 boosted its focus on innovation in real estate and launched the first Startup Competition devoted to real estate tech and sponsored by BNP Paribas Real Estate.

MIPIM is the world’s property market held in Cannes, in March. MIPIM brings together the most influential players from all international property sectors, offering unrivalled access to the greatest number of development projects and sources of capital worldwide. This unique environment provides exceptional networking, showcasing and commercial opportunities for property advisors, developers, regional authorities, investors and corporate end-users.

Fatma Güldemet Sarı, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urbanization visited MIPIM and the stand of Bursa organized by Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa and Bursa Governorship. Bayram Vardar, Deputy Secretary General of Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa welcomed Fatma Güldemet Sarı, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urbanization at MIPIM and briefed information on present and future of the real estate sector of Bursa.

Bayram Vardar said that a bright future lied ahed for Bursa from the standpoint of far reaching urbanization works.

During the event, Fatma Güldemet Sarı, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urbanization delivered a speech on “City Brands and Real Estate Industry of Turkey” by emphasizing the fact that Turkey offers

a series of challenging opportunities as far as real estate sector of the country is concerned. Bringing together the largest single gathering of international investors (over 4,800), alongside developers, end-users, architects, hotel groups, public authorities, tech specialists, startups and property associations, MIPIM underlined its credentials as a unique opportunity to conduct business, network and discuss the major issues facing both urban and real estate leaders.

MIPIM 2016 attendance rose 10% compared to 2015, as some 23,500 senior real estate executives, urban leaders and politicians from around 90 countries met in Cannes at the world’s leading real estate conference, networking and deal-making event.

With the United Nations reporting that over 50% of the world’s population now lives in cities and annual urban growth running at 1.83%, there is an increasing need for concerted urban strategies that will help cities handle the situation. To facilitate discussion on new urban policy, MIPIM chose ‘Housing the World’ as its central theme and the subject of the annual Mayors’ Think Tank Summit.

The Mayors’ Think Tank welcomed some 100 city leaders for high-level discussions. Mayors expressed their desire for the real estate industry to share its vision of cities that produce liveable spaces for all and particularly to work together with public partners to provide affordable housing.

“With a shortage of residential housing in many of Europe’s urban centres, there is a need for increased collaboration between public and private players in

all phases of urban development, from planning to delivery of urban assets. Architects have a central role to play in future urban development and with just under 2,000 here in Cannes, their numbers continue to grow at MIPIM,” added Rean.

It was clear in Cannes that international real estate investors are diversifying their portfolios to include such ‘alternative’ investments as healthcare, student housing, hotels, residential rental and retirement homes.

Among the asset classes that substantially increased their ‘footprint’ in the MIPIM halls this year, Healthcare, Logistics and Hotel & Tourism came together in an enlarged pavilion and the 1,800m² Innovation Forum showcased the latest tech projects and companies offering solutions and practices to increase the value of property assets.

The explosion of e-commerce is accelerating the emergence of what were once described rather dismissively as ‘sheds.’ These have become one of the hottest assets in real estate as demand for logistics grows and warehouse returns have been out-performing some office portfolios since the recession.

As MIPIM progressed, the traditional flood of real estate market research and surveys began to circulate. At the closed-door MIPIM RE-Invest Summit – which brought together 53 institutional investors representing over €500 billion in property investment – Real Capital Analytics reported that commercial property transactions in 2015 totaled $1.3 trillion, up 5% on 2014.

Kardelen breeze in Arab countries Opening stores in Mecca and Riyadh, Kardelen sells chestnut candy in abroad. Processing about 500 tons of chestnut annually, the products are sold to 30 countries. General Manager Mumin Akgun introduced his company and activities.

On the story of Kardelen company With my partner we started the business in 1994 as Ilka Sekerleme to produce in a small workshop. Then we had 6 other shops to sell our products. In 1995 we had produced 3 tons of chestnut candy while now we buy 500 tons of chestnut to process, positioning us to the second largest buyer place in the sector.

Mümin Akgün We moved to the present factory General manager in 2004 and last year and we were awarded by healthy cities association as the best and the cleanest facility in On supply of the fruits the Nilufer region. We also have packIn the past chestnut trees in Bursa aging crescents award in 2013. With was dried, but recently they began to our packages we are also promoting germinate. 85 percent of the input is and advertising the city of Bursa. bought from the Aegean region. We developed a new kind called Haci On opening retail stores Omer in cooperation with Uludag We started to open up retail shops in University. The trees will bear fruits 2007. Every year we established 2 to 3 in five years. They live 500 years. stores and they now reached to 16, 13 of which are located in the city of Bur- On the activities in export sa. We have distributors in Istanbul, markets Ankara and Eskisehir.

Fairs are important for us. We have been participating in Sial and EuroOn products and product pean fairs held in Paris since 2008. In varieties October 2016 we will be there again.

Presently we produce plain type of We also participated in the past to candies out of natural fruits. After the fairs in Dubai, Germany, New sizing the fruits we produce several York, Chicago and Brazil. We will do types of candies by coating them with it again this year. We use Cardelion brand in export markets, meaning chocolate and other materials. Some Kardelen in French. The brand was products are stuffed with other dried born in abroad. Our products are fruits such as hazelnut, peanut and sold in 30 countries. 12% of our proorange. We have about 60 product duction is sold in abroad. varieties.

We began to sell franchising license in Arab countries. Stores are opened in Mecca and Jeddah in 2016. We deliver our product via a cold storage chain to this country.

On the other producers of chestnut candies Once the people in France were saying us that, “France is the homeland of chestnut candy. Who are you?” They understand us when they learned the fact and visited the factories, that chestnut business has a past of three centuries in Bursa.

There are some Italian companies producing the best chestnuts and having larger trade. Turkey’s production is about the amount of Italian harvests. Then comes Portuguese.

With its 950 thousand tons of production China is the leader. But the chestnut in China is of different kind. It is consumed as snacks only.

Commemoration of Osman Ghazi and the Conquest of Bursa organized by Osmangazi Municipality of Bursa arouses great interest as usual

BURSA-Mustafa Dündar Mayor of Osmangazi Municipality of Bursa said, “We organized a series of events on the occasion of Commemoration of Osman Ghazi and the Conquest of Bursa. This year indicates the 12rd commemoration of the Conquest of Bursa by Osmangazi Municipality.

Mustafa Dündar said, “Bursa was under the sovereignty of Byzantine between 385-1326 A.D. Founder of the Ottoman Beylik was Osman Bey, who was born in the town of Söğüt in 1258. In 1299 he conquered Bilecik, Yenikent, İnegöl and İznik, and this is the year regarded as the founding of the Ottoman Empire, which was to survive for over six hundred years. As Osman Gazi gained in strength, the Byzantine governor of Bursa Atranos sought assistance from the governors of Kestel and Kite. Their united army joined battle against the Ottomans at Koyunhisar in 1301. Bursa was seized by Osman Bey and conquered by Orhan Bey, the son of Osman Bey, on 6 April 1335. The capital of the empire was moved to Bursa in 1335 and new development movements were initiated.”

BURSA-Uludağ University focuses on the education and training programs for the research personnel of the Turkish defense industry. Within this framework, Uludağ University signed a protocol with the companies operating in the field of defense industry, such as ASELSAN, TEI-TUSAŞ, HAVELSAN, FIGES, FNSS and ERMAKSAN. The ceremony of the protocol was participated by Yusuf Olcay, Rector of Uludağ University, Dr. Celal Sami TÜFEKÇİ, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Defense Industry and high ranking officials of the companies operating in the field of defense industry.

Yusuf Olcay, Rector of Uludağ University said, “ The protocol would pave the way for incresing the number of qualified and competent personnel for the defense industry.”

Dr. Celal Sami TÜFEKÇİ, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Defense Industry said, “The aim of the protocol (Research Personnel Training Program for the Defense Industry) is to upgrade the quality of research personnel. We believe that the protocol would reach its target.”

Over the last 25 years since its establishment, the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries has made significant achievements in building the blocks for a modern national defence industry in Turkey, with notable results in certain vital areas. As a result of considerable dedication and efforts, key defence industry institutions have been established to meet the requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces locally, each filling an important void in its field.

In the next phase SSM aims to reduce external dependence in critical subsystems/ components/technologies determined in line with the requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces. In order to optimize the resources allocated to improve the technological infrastructure needed for the systems projects that involve procurement by means of indigenous local production, and hence increase local content ratio, worthwhile R&D projects have been determined and prioritized in the Defense R&D Road Map. The Road Map consists of R&D Projects that are compatible with the needs and objectives of main system projects, and that strengthen collaboration among the industry, small and medium enterprises, universities and research organizations.

Recep Altepe, Metropolitan Mayor of Bursa, said “ The Conquest of Bursa was a milestone in history of Ottoman Empire. When Bursa was conquered, the city consisted of the inner castle, but Orhan Gazi had the Orhan Gazi Complex built out of the town. Public buildings such as mosques, baths, soup houses, hospitals, madrasahs were built out of the walls, where new settlements had been established, hence a new tradition of settling area had been established.”

He added, “Bursa had developed more than other cities in the first two centuries of Ottomans. It was ornamented with a number of architectural structures and became a trade city as well as a science city, where various famous madarasahs were located.

Hüdavendigar Complex of Sultan Murat I., Yıldırım Complex of Sultan Bayezid I., Green Complex whose construction was initiated by Sultan Mehmet I. and finished by Sultan Murat II. had affected the spatial development of Bursa and those still exist.”

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Özdilek embarks on a series of modern housing projects in Bursa

“Bursa-The Great City” was represented at Riyadh Travel Fair, 2016 efficiently BURSA-Munir Karaloğlu Governor of Bursa urges for displaying the riches and tourism potential of Bursa at fairs and exhibitions staged abroad.

Bursa was represented at Riyadh Travel Fair 2016, an annual event where the leading travel and tourism companies participate.

The Fair is considered as a market for introduction of the tourist products, services and investments in the world.

BURSA-Hüseyin Özdilek, Chairman of the Board, Özdilek Holding, pointed out, “Özdilek Holding, headquartered in Bursa, initiates a series of modern housing projects covering an area of 15,000 square meters in Nilüfer district of Bursa after its Loft Housing completed in Eskişehir. The housing project under construction in Nilüfer is called as Orange City having a unique architectural concept and design coupled with modern social facilities.”

Dr. Abdullah Damar, Deputy Director of Bursa Tourism and Culture said, “We are here to display the riches and potential of Bursa. During the Fair, cities compete with each other. Bursa has turned out to be highly competitive in terms of its tourism capacity and assets.”

During the Fair, Dr. Abdullah Damar exchanged views with the visitors on Bursa and he presented candied chestnuts of Bursa to the visitors as a gift.

The event has as objective to allow the opportunity for the different tourist and travel organizations introduce their activities and services, offer investment opportunities in tourism sector.

Bursa has become popular for healthcare, culture and spa tourism in recent years, thanks to greater promotion and investments.

These developments also led to major changes of the tourist profile visiting the city. While the city’s tourism catered mostly to European tourists in the past, now people from a variety of countries from the Middle East to the Far East choose Bursa as a holiday destination.

A group of these countries is the Arab states, as the number of Arab tourists has sharply in-

creased, especially in the last 10 years. Bursa relies most in its thermal potential regarding health tourism. Apart from its hot springs, historical and natural beauties that provided its touristic character, countless healing water springs are scattered around its center and neighboring provinces, attracting tourists in all 4 seasons.

Nilüfer Site under construction as an exemplary urban renewal project of Bursa Nilüfer Site, as a first an exemplary urban renewal project of Bursa under construction, covers an area of 18 decares and 6 blocks.

In a recent visit to construction area of Nilüfer Site, Recep Altepe, Mayor, Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa said, “Nilüfer Site has turned to be one of the most striking example of urban renewal an urban transformation projects of Bursa. We are happy to initiate this far reaching project with its modern infrastructural facilities.”

During the visit, Metin Onan, Manager of Nilüfer Site, briefed information on the ongoing construction works. He said that after completion of the project Nilüfer Site would become one of the milestones of the urban transformation in Bursa.

Recep Altepe said, “Urban transformation activities are carried out in order to improve quality of life and produce safe living spaces for sustainable urban development. Quality housing production does not signify merely a need to be satisfied quantitatively. Housing and its environment, where physical and social needs of the users are satisfied, should be designed considering local conditions and in a way that they will be suitable for users’ life styles and cultural habits.” He added, “Improving the physical, spatial, and social quality and quality of life in the built

Perpax hosts tourists in Bursa from 16 countries

environment from single building scale to a citywide scale underlies sustainable development. Urban transformation practices are implemented in the world and in Turkey in line with these objectives.

To ensure sustainable development, it is vital to determine the needs and expectations in different areas of the urban space and different segments of society and which tools to be employed in meeting these needs. Quality of life research is used as a tool for implementing sustainable practices that rely on policies based on scientific data in the fields of urban transformation and planning and design of housing areas” Recep Altepe, Mayor, Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa noted “ “Within the context of humans’ interaction with their housing and environment, examining the housing and determining user evaluations and preferences will enable making

Having the first flights to Bursa from Kuwait started, Perpax expands its connections to other countries. Transporting tourists from 16 countries, the company promotes Bursa in tourism fairs held in abroad. General manager Turabi Aydin informed about his company and views on tourism industry in Bursa.

What kind of services are you offering to your customers?

Perpax is an important player in Bursa attracting visitors from the Middle East.

Having offices in Istanbul and Trabzon as well, we carry tourists and offer them all services related to their trips. We assumed services including visa, ticket sales as an agent of Ido and Budo, organize corporate meetings, transfer from airport and offer A to Z services. Employing 25 people we have 6 vehicles to serve flawlessly to our guests. We aimed hundred percent customer satisfaction.

What do you do for Bursa in its promotion in the world?

It is our priority. I have personally been introducing Bursa the fairs held in abroad for 18 years. Our company is five years

designs shaped according to local sensitivities and determining spatial needs and qualities of housing that are suited to life values. It will also contribute to developing alternative solutions which are proper in terms of quality and quantity within user-housing and user-environment relationships and which ensure sustainable development and quality of life in a new housing production process. It is necessary to assess housing quality to determine whether it is suitable for the users’ family and cultural norms.”

old. We are the first company that started flights from Kuwait to Bursa. We would have started flights from Saudi Arabia, if the turmoil in the region were settled. We are developing new services for nature and health tourisms.

In your opinion, what needs to be done for Bursa in terms of tourism?

People from Arab countries are the most who came to Bursa for holiday. We have to be more efficient in this regard. We have to cooperate with governorship and municipality to attract more people like the Germans and Dutch do.

We have to be more active. We have good facilities for congresses, but there are some deficits. The fact that sellers can speak foreign languages is an important point in our business. They began to learn Arabic instead of English.

Companies and establishments act individually, however, we need more cooperation among us. We should act harmoniously in our efforts to promote Bursa. We know that our peers in Blacksea region have surpassed us in their promotional efforts.

Hüseyin Özdilek said, “Orange City would be an exemplary project under the motto “Life exists here” with its green area of 5,000 squre meters, social facilities for children and adults, indoor swimming pool and fitness centers. Orange City, which will include 9 blocks and 116 flats (2+1,3+1 and 4+1) is also marked with its earthquake resistant structural design.”

Ozdilek firstly started to manufacture towel and bathrobes, a present from Bursa to world, in 1971 with 10 tons of capacity a year with 2 weaving looms and 5 personnel. Together with the modern and fully integrated paint-printing facilities, Özdilek began to produce other home textile products and today is the biggest and 6th towel producer in Turkey, Europe and in the world respectively with 10.000 towels and 40 tons thread production a year.

First steps of Bursa Shopping Center were initiated in 1983 with a 400 m2 factory outlet and cafeteria on Yalova road. In the aftermath, shopping centers in Afyonkarahisar, Kocaeli, İzmir, Geçit (Bursa), Yalova, Antalya and Eskişehir and Özdilek center covering hotel and business centers, and hypermarkets in Bursa Kaplıkaya, Bursa Ataevler, Bursa İnegöl, Bursa Gemlik, Bursa Özlüce and Bursa Gürsu were opened. Özdilek still continues to grow with the home textile stores all around Turkey. Today it serves to 55 million guests a year with 15 shopping centers and hypermarkets, 3 department stores and 40 home textiles. In 2003,

What do you have to say about the fair in Dubai?

We the people in tourism business are happy and energetic people. So, we spend much in our efforts. We spent 90 thousand TL for Dubai Fair. We want to bring more visitors from abroad. We are telling people that this country is safe for foreigners, and terror is a global problem that can be seen in every corner of the world. Bursa is safe for everybody.

What kind of feedbacks you get from your guests recently, as a tourism company?

The major handicap of Bursa is it’s being a famous destination for Arab countries.

They are demanding new places and destinations from us. They ask about locations such as Canakkale, Edremit, Kusadasi, Izmir and others. After Russians are gone from Antalya, the hotels in Antalya aimed to Arab tourists. Supply of services are huge in these regions. This year one million of tourists are expected instead of five million of the past. Bursa has its own potential for attracting loyal customers, because, its air, water, tranquility and peace are valuable.

Turabi Aydin General manager

Hüseyin Özdilek Özdilek initiated business in tourism sector and made a good entrance with 5 Star 219 rooms Crowne Plaza İzmir Hotel in İzmir. Crowne Plaza was awarded 2011 Torchbewarer Hotel Award, 2010 Quality Excellence and 2009 Torcbearer Hotel Award. İzmir Hotel sustains its activities under the name of internationally-known Wyndham Grand İzmir Özdilek since 2013. In addition, established in 2014 under Özdilek Center Wyndham Grand İstanbul Levent hosts the foreign and domestic guests of İstanbul with 389 rooms and 22 conference halls. ÖzdilekPark Antalya started in 2011 with 114 stores and hundreds of brands. This project proved its success when it took the stage as a finalist in European Shopping Center Awards in 2012. Özdilek Center was opened in İstanbul Levent in 2014. Özdilek Center consists of ÖzdilekPark İstanbul Shopping Center, Wyndham Grand İstanbul Levent Hotel and River Plaza business center. ÖzdilekPark Bursa, is another project adding value to the city.

Total 20.000 m2 rentable area, 4 floors and 50 stores; shopping is re-defined in the liveliest part of Bursa, in Nilüfer. ÖzdilekPark Bursa, constructed with a good infrastructure both for visitors and renters, houses 4 load and service elevators, 4 guest elevators for the comfort and easy access of visitors, and 12 escalators and walking bands.

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Green Bursa makes its presence felt through its historic riches

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nBursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire with a history dating back to centuries at the heart of the silk and spice trade and Turkey’s fourth largest city. The city which has been the capital of many civilizations for centuries is the hub of many monuments and historical works nowadays. The city’s skyline is comprised of historical landmarks varying from mosques, madrasas and baths. Bursa is literally an open-air museum with its many castles, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas, museums, inns, bridges, spas and cultural centers bearing the traces of history and different civilizations.

It is possible to come across a hidden heritage in every corner of the city.

Attracting attention for its natural beauty as well as its rich cultural heritage Bursa is also a much preferred holiday resort for winter sports. Uludağ in Bursa is frequented by both winter and outdoor sports enthusiasts. In 2014, Bursa and a nearby village of Cumalıkızık were added to the UNESCO world heritage list. The remains at several sites illustrate the urban and rural system establishing the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century.

With its natural areas and parks, Bursa is the first choice for sports lovers. The coastal and mountainous sites of the area are ideal for sport enthusiasts who want to spend some entertaining time full of adrenaline. Uludag welcomes all skiing, snowboarding and mountaineering enthusiasts with great pleasure.

Cumalıkızık invites all tourists who want to explore the lifestyle in the old district of Bursa.

It is a highly recommended must-see place that is worth the visit before leaving Bursa. The spas and thermal hotels are among the most valuable assets of Bursa. While relaxing in the healing waters of the thermal springs will feel the tranquility invading your body from top to toe.

The local cuisine, which has originated from the Ottoman cuisine and been enriched with ingredients brought by traders from distant regions, is famous for its delicious and original dishes. While the world-famous Iskender Kebab, served with pita and thinly sliced delicious meat will delight your taste buds the traditional desserts and candied chestnuts will become

your favorite after-dinner desserts. Last but not least, Bursa is inviting you to explore the cultural heritage that has evolved under the influence of the Silk Road. History of the textile sector in Bursa dates back to 1500 years ago.

Being one of the most precious raw materials in the ancient times, silk had been first produced outside of China in Bursa . It has been the textile center of Turkey since the times of Ottoman Empire. In Bursa, textile industry comprises of a wide product range. Cotton weaving, artificial and synthetic yarn production, woven fabric, knitted or woven pile fabrics production; home textile, ready-wear and apparel are leading sub-sectors of textile industry. Silk, which has been the most important product and trade item of Bursa is processed with great efforts so that high quality fabric of silk is obtained. It is highly recommended that you take a look at these special fabrics made of pure silk before leaving Bursa.

The Turkish automotive and spare parts industry is concentrated in the Marmara Region,

mainly in Bursa. Two major car factories Renault and FIAT, are located in Bursa.

Almost two-thirds of the vehicles that Turkey is expected to export to foreign markets are assembled in Bursa. The automotive supplier industry of Bursa produces almost all types of parts, components and spare parts such as engines and engine parts, power train parts and components, brake and clutch parts and components, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, suspension systems, security systems, rubber and plastic parts, chassis, frames and parts, casting and forging, electrical equipment and parts, lighting systems, accumulator batteries, seats etc.

The auto parts industry of Bursa has developed rapidly as a consequence of developments in the automotive industry. The auto parts industry with its large capacity, wide variety of production and high standards, supports automotive industry production and the vehicles in Bursa and also has ample potential for exports.