Yıldırım, Bursa

Yıldırım is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 110 km²,^[3] and its population is 655,856 (2022).^[1] It covers part of the city centre of Bursa. Founded in 1987, it was named after Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, whose nickname was Yıldırım ("thunderbolt" in Turkish).

The scenery of Bursa from Uludağ with the old aerial tramway

Yıldırım
District and municipality
Map showing Yıldırım District in Bursa Province
Yıldırım Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Yıldırım Yıldırım (Marmara) Show map of Marmara
Coordinates: 40°06′36″N 29°04′56″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Bursa
Government
• Mayor	Oktay Yılmaz (AKP)
Area	110 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	655,856
• Density	6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0224
Website	www.yildirim.bel.tr

Districts of Bursa City

v t e Bursa Uludağ Gondola
Legend
km MASL in m 0.0 Teferrüç, Bursa 395 2.2 Kadıyayla, Uludağ 1,230 2.3 Sarıalan Yaylası, Uludağ 1,630 4.3 Oteller, Uludağ 1,870

It is at the foot of Mt. Uludağ, at 150–155 metres in elevation. Kestel and Gürsu are to its west, and the flat lands of Demirtaş, a subdistrict of Osmangazi, are to its north. The Bursa-Ankara highway passes through it. With Osmangazi and Nilüfer, Yıldırım covers the Bursa agglomeration.

The Bursa Uludağ Aerial Lift (Turkish: Teleferik, pictured to the right) is an aerial lift serving Mt. Uludağ. Built by the Swiss company Von Roll Holding and opened on 29 October 1963, the aerial tramway was replaced in 2013 by a modern and much bigger capacity gondola lift system by Leitner Group of Italy.^[4]

Yıldırım is one of Turkey's important textile production centers.^[5] With a population of 629,702 at the 2000 census, it is also one of Turkey's most populated areas; 30% of Bursa's population lives in the Yıldırım district.

Historical places

• Yeşil Mosque (Green Mosque)
• Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)
• Bayezid I Mosque and (külliye) complex (Yıldırım Camii ve külliyesi)
• Emir Sultan Mosque
• Cumalıkızık village, with well-preserved historical Ottoman architecture

Composition

There are 71 neighbourhoods in Yıldırım District:^[6]

• 152 Evler
• Akçağlayan
• Anadolu
• Arabayatağı
• Bağlaraltı
• Balaban
• Baruthane
• Beyazıt
• Çelebi Mehmet
• Çınarönü
• Cumalıkızık
• Davutdede
• Davutkadı
• Değirmenlikızık
• Değirmenönü
• Demetevler
• Duaçınarı
• Eğitim
• Emirsultan
• Erikli
• Ertuğrulgazi
• Esenevler
• Fidyekızık
• Güllük
• Hacıseyfettin
• Hacıvat
• Hamamlıkızık
• Hocataşkın
• İsabey
• Kaplıkaya
• Karaağaç
• Karamazak
• Karapınar
• Kazımkarabekir
• Kurtoğlu
• Maltepe
• Mehmet Akif Ersoy
• Mevlana
• Meydancık
• Millet
• Mimarsinan
• Mollaarap
• Musababa
• Namazgah
• Ortabağlar
• Piremir
• Sakarya
• Samanlı
• Selçukbey
• Selimzade
• Sinandede
• Sıracevizler
• Şirinevler
• Siteler
• Şükraniye
• Teferrüç
• Ulus
• Umurbey
• Vakıf
• Vatan
• Yavuzselim
• Yediselviler
• Yenimahalle
• Yeşil
• Yeşilyayla
• Yetmişbeşinciyıl
• Yiğitler
• Yıldırım
• Yunusemre
• Zeyniler
• Zümrütevler