Bursa’s Grain Market and Galle Khan

The innercity khans, which were the economic structures of the Ottoman State, played an important role in the development of national and transnational trade. The first formations of city elements in the Ottoman State took place in Bursa. The commercial units of these elements brought the city into an important international trade centeruntil the 17th century. In the period of the trade developed in Bursa, it is seen that the commercial structures shifted to the east of Khans Area when the rewas a need to create a new bazaar by considering the needs of traders. For this reason, Galle Han was built by Semiz Ali Pasha, one of the Grand viziers of Suleiman the Magnificent, in the eastern part of the city to bring in come to his foundation. In our study, The Khan’s structures reaching some architectural divisions to today will be evaluated in it sconstruction, repairments, the factor sthatcause it to come to it spresentst ate and its effects on there gionwhich is stillused as the grain bazaar in term of theplace of the Bursa trade, basedon information obtained from the archive in formation