Although known mostly as a summer holiday destination,
Bodrum is becoming increasingly popular with visitors
in the other seasons. The reasons are many, but
probably foremost is the chance to enjoy its attractions
more intimately by avoiding the hubbub of high
season.
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In 1927, when Bodrum was a small fishing, sponge
diving and agricultural village with a population
of 4902, a writer named Cevat Sakir Kabaagacli
arrived to serve his sentence of exile under fortress
arrest in the Bodrum Castle.
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Previous excavations near Muskebi (now Ortakent)
identified human habitation in the Mycenaean Age,
ca. 1600 B.C. More than forty burial places dating
back to that time were discovered and a rich collection
of artifacts found there is now housed in the
Bodrum Castle.
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When Bodrum still bore the name "Halicarnassus",
the capital of Caria, the city and its peninsula
produced a considerable number of prominent personalities
whose names continue to be celebrated in history.
In later ages others gained admission to this
Roll of the Renowned - which is not closed yet.
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