Scenes like this are very common at the moment. In fact there are so many flat complexes in construction, sometimes we wonder who will live in them!
But in fact Bursa is growing very fast, and as the economy stabilises more people can afford to buy their own home.
There is a trend to move out of the old houses in the town centre into modern flat blocks in the suburbs, like these will become.
This cat found an interesting place to lie! It is a flower box, and all the others are filled with flowers. I wonder if he found an empty one or just sat on the flowers? He looks quite outraged about having his photo taken.
These chilli peppers are growing on my balcony. They have grown so fast! Two weeks ago they were just starting to appear. We have had so much sun recently that everything is growing super fast.
Next to them is a type of basil which grows here. It is not used for eating, but for keeping mosquitos away.
"these are called nazarlik....it protects you from the devil eye..every turkish family has got one in their home...also they use it as a jewelery..you can see them everywhere...as i read one it is coming from an ancient civilisation called hitit..i saw them in Greece and middle orient countries like Jordan ,Syria ect..they believe if there is a devil eye on you like somebody is jealous about you these stones will break and devil eye will go away...believe it or not:))"
"these rabbits are going to read your fortune!!!they just take one of those little notes...inside them it writes your destiny..believe or not:)))"
Super fresh fish on the market at Mudanya, which is by the sea. The most popular fish are sea bass and sea bream.
This photo was taken inside a 200 year old Ottoman house in Yesil. It is made almost entirely of wood, and the walls have beautiful wooden panelling as you can see in the picture.
The wooden construction makes the house safer in earthquakes, apparently, because it is flexible.
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