Bodrum
Bodrum, formerly Halikarnassós1 a town of 28 thousand2 in the southwest corner of Türkiye, useful for its international airport and famed for its former eponymous mausoleum, its Crusader castle (built with stones from the Mausoleum). Its is a tourist resort and is enjoyed by yachtsmen.
External references
Bodrum harbor: yachts in foreground; castle in background
Footnotes
1. The former name is often Romanized as Halicarnassus.
2. World-gazetteer.com, accessed 4/30/2011.
