Koza Han and the continuity of trade

1926

In the 1926 Bursa Guide, Koza Han appears as one of the hubs of the silk, cocoon and silkworm-egg trade and of financial institutions. Uzun Çarşı and Tuz Pazarı also stand out in retail and food trade.

Images

Original pages of the 1926 Bursa Guide: a window onto the city’s commercial life.Ticari ve İktisadî Bursa Vilâyeti Rehberi, published by Cemal Nadir, Istanbul, 1926, pp.4–5. 1926 Bursa Guide article, Image 1, p.10.

Koza Han, Uzun Çarşı, Tuz Pazarı, Setbaşı and the new commercial axes on the map.Hacer Karabağ Arslan, Map 1, drawn from the records of the 1926 Bursa Guide. 1926 Bursa Guide article, p.19.

Map of Bursa, 1925.1925 Bursa map. Atatürk Bursa’sında Modernleşme Lider ve Şehir, p.236.

Letter from the French Consulate, 18 October 1927.BCA, 180-9-0-0127-611-3, 18.10.1927. Atatürk Bursa’sında Modernleşme Lider ve Şehir, p.245.

Details

1926New services in Setbaşı

The 1926 Guide records Setbaşı for its health, lodging and photography services. Pharmacies, doctors’ surgeries and hotels show the variety of the district’s commercial life.

1926 Bursa Guide article, pp.18, 19 (PDF pp.21, 22)

1926Yeni Yol and new transport technologies

In the 1926 Guide, Yeni Yol is associated with car dealers, the Makinist Mektebi (school for mechanics) and tyre repairers. These records make visible the new trades that grew up around motor transport.

1926 Bursa Guide article, p.18 (PDF p.21)

1926Crafts and industry on Cumhuriyet Caddesi

In the 1926 Guide, Cumhuriyet Caddesi appears with trades ranging from tailors to coachbuilding workshops. Traditional crafts and new industry meet in the same commercial setting.

1926 Bursa Guide article, p.19 (PDF p.22)

Sources

1926 Bursa Guide article, pp.17, 18, 19 (PDF pp.20, 21, 22)

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