Bursa

Bursa is a city in Turkey. It is near the Sea of Marmara and due south of Istanbul.

It is the fourth largest city in Turkey with a population of 2.6 million people.

It is beneath Mount Uludağ, a popular ski resort.

Towards Izmir, Çanakkale
Take the Bursaray metro to Küçük Sanayi and walk around until you find a suitable place to hitch.

Towards Yalova, Istanbul
The road out of town towards Istanbul doesn't have many places where a car can safely pull over so you may have to wait, by turkish standards, a fair amount of time. When you do get picked up you're likely to be given a ride to Gemlik or Orhangazi rather than directly to Istanbul.

One good thing to do is try to get past the highway which runs west to east about 10 km north of town. A lot of traffic comes through this road en-route to Istanbul from cities in the south and if you stand after the intersection your chances of finding a direct ride to Istanbul increases vastly.

An unorthodox way of getting to Istanbul that User:Damaniacle discovered was to hitch to Mudanya (take the Bursaray to Organize Sanayi and hitch from there) and busk at the entrance to the terminal, with a little sign saying that you don't have enough money to pay the ticket. within three songs he had the necessary 22TL (although sometimes it is 27TL - that is the student price, but they luckily didn't ask for proof). the workers were supportive, and gave him a cup of tea. boat takes one and a half hours, and arrives in Yenikapı.

From Istanbul
Alot of traffic coming to Bursa from Istanbul takes the Eskihisar car-ferry to Yalova (the ferry is easily hitchhiked just follow the instructions on the Eskihisar page) It's really easy to just ask around in the ferry for a car going directly to Bursa (atleat 50% of the cars on the ferry go there). Otherwise you could go around the bay of Izmit although it generally takes more time.

From Izmir
isin: Turkey

Public Transport
The bus system and Bursaray metro system costs 2TL for a single ticket. A card can be bought for 3.50TL or you can borrow one. With a card it costs 1.25TL, and can be used for more than one person at a time. Each station has a security guard with a metal detector and it seems quite difficult to blackride unless you are super sneaky.