Mehmed Çelebi builds the Green Mosque at Bursa

1320

Early Ottoman Bursa began receiving monumental architecture of a distinctive green tile revetment style, foreshadowing the masterpieces of Iznik tilework that would later adorn Istanbul's greatest mosques. Skilled Persian and Seljuk artisans brought their craft traditions to the young beylik, decorating prayer halls with geometric precision. Ottoman urbanism was already displaying the synthesis of Seljuk, Byzantine, and Persian ideas that would become its hallmark.