Mudurnu Southwest of Bolu. Photo Gallery by Dick Osseman at pbase.com

Mudurnu Southwest of Bolu.

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Mudurnu is a small town with houses that stem from Greek-style architecture. It has a very fine and well-restored hamam and a good mosque. During the 16th and 17th it was the Solingen of Turkey, widely renowned for the quality of its steel knives. I went there on a day trip from Bolu, which can be easily done by dolmuş. The countryside along the road was beautiful so I decided to return to a spot halfway, where I took some pictures while climbing a hill.

The city council seems to be aware that the remaining houses should be kept and restored. Thanks.

I will add some captions soon.

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Guest		16-Jun-2010 18:33
1382 and 16th century and other old Ottomon mosques. But Greek houses, architecture. There are only a few Neo classical style houses in Mudurnu. The other houses are muslim houses. They have Turkish civil architecture design. Some houses have Greek, some have Turkish inscriptions.

Dick Osseman		02-Sep-2009 21:39
I quoted from the Dutch version of the Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkei (Knaurs cultural travel guide in colour Turkey), a book I have never found to be in error, I treasure it as a very precise and comprehensive guide to the smallest of towns, much better than ordinary travel books. It had six authors who seem to have researched - and probably visited - every nook and cranny of the country. I do not see why any of them would make a silly mistake (actually adding as a fact what seems to be nonsense in your mind). They used pictures from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, I do not know if there was further involvement from that ministry. Knaurs has a very sound reputation as a German publishing firm (Knaurs Taschenbücher for instance, I own several). So I think it may very well be you who is in error. The text, translated by me, would be (page 131 in the Agon Cultuur Reisgids Turkije, 1993): "Mudurnu (54 km. SW [from Bolu]. Nice small town in the beautiful Pontic countryside. Characteristic Greek house architecture. Interesting old-ottoman Hamam. Mudurnu was renowned in the 16th and 17th century as the Solingen of Turkey and was famous in the East for its knife production". I hope this sets your mind at ease.

Koray		02-Sep-2009 20:01
excuse me, greek-style architecture? in Mudurnu? as far as I know, it is a town where Ottoman civil architecture can be seen. May be one of us made a mistake...

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