Ferries cross the Marmara Sea twice daily on the two-hour trip from Istanbul to Bursa. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Modern glass and marble buildings rise in the city center of Turkey's fourth largest city, Bursa. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
The remains of a typical wooden building juts from the top of a new brick house in Bursa. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A young man looks at the city from the top floor of a shopping center on the outskirts of Bursa. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Narrow streets cut through Bursa's old town dominated by old brick buildings and mosques. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A bust of Imam Shamil, a Caucasus spiritual leader, sits on the top of the Bursa Caucasus House. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A hotel waiter stands in front of drawings of figures dancing to traditional Caucasus music. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Flags representing some North Caucasus republics decorate the walls of the Bursa Caucasus House. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A crumbling plaster bas-relief in the Bursa Caucasus House depicts warriors riding their horses. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Circassian youth meet at the Caucasus House in Bursa for the birthday party of a friend. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Sinem Kaya rests while helping other woman cook traditional dumplings. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Turgay Eker wears a traditional costume from the North Caucasus. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Circassian youth meet under pictures showing historical and legendary events from the Caucasus. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A young woman photographs her friend holding an Adygean flag. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A young woman serves traditional dumplings during a party to celebrate a friend's birthday. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Buses depart the main terminal from Bursa for destinations throughout Turkey. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Clouds swirl around mountains along the road from Bursa to Inegol. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
The road to Mezit winds two kilometers up the mountain from the main highway. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
The mountain village of Mezit is blanketed by fog. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Georgian, Lazi and Abkhaz children play in front of the school in Mezit. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Abkhaz sisters Leman and Rukhan Urun run a small grocery shop near the school. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Leman Urun walks to a neighbor's house in Mezit. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Huseyn Aktash (left), an ethnic Abkhaz, drinks tea with Hakky Bayder, a Circassian. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
A man enters the courtyard to the only Abkhaz house preserved from the settlement in Mezit. (Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Justyna Mielnikiewicz is a freelance photojournalist based in Tbilisi.
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