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Bursa Waqf Culture Museum is an institution designed to connect visitors with the institutional structure, architectural manifestations, and social functions of the Ottoman waqf system. Bursa, as the first capital of the Ottoman State, was also a central hub in the formation of Ottoman waqf culture. Within the framework of Turkish-Islamic culture, waqfs—established with the aim of attaining divine pleasure—led to the construction of monumental structures such as caravanserais, bathhouses, madras