Ancient Halicarnassus (1200... Jan 07, 2007 05:01:21 Town of Bodrum
is built over Halicarnassus which was one of the most important cities of the antique era.
Dor oriented tribes were settled in t...
HISTORY Dec 10, 2006 11:12:30 A fishing village until the early 1970s, Bodrum is built on the ruins of ancient Halicarnassus. It is now Turkey’s liveliest resort, attracting p...
Bodrum (formerly Halicarnassus - in Greek ΑλικαρνασσÏŒς-, and also, during the Middle Ages Petronium) is a Turkish port in MuÄŸla Province. It is on the Bodrum Peninsula, near the northwest entrance to the Gulf of Gökova, and faces the Greek island of Kos. Today, it is a center of tourism and yachting. It is the ancient Halicarnassus of Caria, renowned for the Mausoleum of Maussollos.
The town is very popular tourist resort for northern Europeans due to its attractive coastline and active night-life (Bodrum has been humorously referred to as the "Bedroom of Europe"). It can safely be said that every year at least a few hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Bodrum. The current population is 32,227 (2000 census). In the town there is also a football team called Bodrumspor founded in 1931.
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