Bursa (historically also known as Prussa and later as Brusa) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. With a population of 2,562,828 (2007), it is Turkey's fourth largest city, as well as one of the most industrialized and culturally charged metropolitan centers in the country.

Carrying the atmosphere and architectural features of Byzantine and Ottoman from past to present, having a tremendous natural richness, thermal water resources and offering a variety of winter and summer tourism choices Bursa has a unique cultural and historical heritage.

Bursa, a capital city for hundred years during the Ottoman Empire, has always dreamed about the modern and used the experience of the past in order to create it. Today Bursa is not only referred as the leading city of millennium regarding the improvements in various fields like education, health, environment and urban development.

Taking place in the center of different settlements with its thousand years of cultural heritage, the city was named “Green Bursa” due to its rich nature and faced influx of historians and travelers in the past just like today.

Bursa is the city of water, as stated by “Evliya Celebi”. It houses all the values that belong to Turkish world. It is an exceptional city that protects and improves its own identity while embracing universal values. Bursa has a wonderful nature and the biggest share of its nature comes from the mountain “Uludag”. In the past, "Uludag” was preferred by the monks as a place for seclusion. Nowadays, it is one of the biggest winter sports centers in Turkey.

Located on the transportation network, Bursa has been a trade center in every period of history. Once the center of silk and satin fabric production, today it is the leading city in various industrial sectors like automotive, machinery, textile and food industry. Improving day by day, it has also a leading role in the economy of the country. Consequently, Bursa is a city that has tourism potential for each day of the year with its cultural, historical and natural richness in which everyone can find a trace of himself and history of humanity.