This is not a sultan's foundation but a place of pilgrimage, and the difference shows in how it is used: the mosque and tomb fill with visitors on religious days and a mevlid is read every day. It matters as much to the people of Bursa as it does to visitors from abroad.
Emir Sultan was born in Bukhara and lived in Bursa in the first quarter of the 15th century, dying in 1429. His name is explained this way: "Emir" because he was held to descend from the Prophet, "Sultan" because of the hearts he won.
Getting there
- Access
- Buses run to the Emir Sultan neighbourhood from the city centre.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bursa as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 5.4 °C in January to 24.6 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (99 mm) and lightest in August (18 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
