Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)

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Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) is an iconic early 15th-century Ottoman mausoleum in Bursa, Turkey, renowned for its distinctive turquoise tile-clad exterior and as the burial place of Sultan Mehmed I.

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Green Tomb in Bursa 1
Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman architecture
mausoleum
tomb
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Yeşil Mosque
architect Hacı Ivaz Pasha
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture
Ottoman period
surface form: Ottoman

Seljuk-influenced
early Ottoman
associatedWith Ottoman Interregnum
consolidation of the Ottoman state
builtFor Mehmed I
surface form: Sultan Mehmed I
burialPlaceOf Hafsa Hatun
Mahmud Çelebi
Süleyman Çelebi
surface form: Musa Çelebi

Süleyman Çelebi
surface form: Mustafa Çelebi

Selçuk Hatun
Mehmed I
surface form: Sultan Mehmed I

daughters of Mehmed I
members of the Ottoman dynasty
sons of Mehmed I
Şehzade Mahmud
citySymbolOf Bursa
commissionedBy Murad II
surface form: Sultan Murad II
constructionEnd 1421
constructionStart 1421
country Turkey
denomination Sunni Islam
elevation on a hill above Bursa
era early 15th century
floorCount 2
function tomb and pilgrimage site
hasColor green
turquoise
hasDecoration Quranic inscriptions
floral tile motifs
geometric tile patterns
hasDome true
hasInteriorFeature cenotaph of Mehmed I
mihrab
multiple sarcophagi
hasMinaret false
hasPortico entrance portico
heritageSite Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedIn Bursa
Marmara Region
Yeşil neighborhood
historic center of Bursa
Western Anatolia
surface form: northwestern Anatolia
lowerLevelUse crypt
material brick
ceramic tile
marble
stone
turquoise tiles
notableFor calligraphic tile inscriptions
rich interior tile decoration
turquoise tile-clad exterior
wooden carved sarcophagus of Mehmed I
openToPublic true
partOf Hüdavendigâr complex
surface form: Yeşil Complex

Muradiye Complex
surface form: külliye of Mehmed I
religion Islam
roofType domed roof
shape octagonal plan
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2014
upperLevelUse symbolic sarcophagi hall

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Bursa contains Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)
Mehmed I burialMonument Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)
this entity surface form: Green Tomb in Bursa