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When Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, the son of an Ottoman diplomat graduate from Oxford, was exiled to Bodrum in 1924 for a period of three years (in fact reduced to one and a half years) because he had written a story setting people against war, he fell in love with the place and elected to remain there for most of the rest of his life. Bodrum was then a simple and remote place where people lived on fishing and sponge-diving. Under the name "Fisherman of Halicarnassus” using a poetic language, in his numerous novels, stories or articles that reflect his deap culture, he wrote about the Anatolian Civilizations, the beauty and richness of western Anatolia, the humanism of the Aegean people. He introduced new fishing techniques, planted trees and worked hard to embellish and make Bodrum known. In the early 1960s a group of intellectuals from Istanbul, in search of aesthetic ecstasy and spiritual purification, began to visit him in Bodrum. He initiated them to the "Blue Voyage" sailing on a simple boat, where they discovered the natural beauty and the historic richness of south-western Aegean. Later they experienced staying in fishermen’s houses, paying for their room and board (Turkish pansyon). A new fashion was launched. The middle Turkish class elected Bodrum to spend their holiday and Bodrum rapidly became the principal vacation haven of western Turkey. |
Bodrum which has been declared a historic preservation zone, has a special architecture (houses are generally white-washed and cannot exceed two stories to harmonize with the traditional environment). Today Bodrum has become an extremely fashionable holiday resort. It is a starting point for cruises in the Gökova Gulf, and to discover the numerous beautiful bays of the peninsula. A car ride helps visit the region , see the disused old windmills lining the ridge of hills , and enjoy the atmosphere of seaside and fishing villages: Gümüşlük, Gündoğan, Gölköy, Türkbükü with their friendly taverns and seafood restaurants, Yalıkavak with its typical streets... |
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BODRUM |
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DATCA |
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90 |
46 |
MARMARiS |
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118 |
90 |
50 |
FETHiYE |
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128 |
112 |
66 |
45 |
KALKAN |
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146 |
130 |
84 |
56 |
18 |
KAS |
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164 |
148 |
102 |
74 |
38 |
18 |
KEKOVA |
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179 |
161 |
115 |
88 |
53 |
35 |
20 |
FiNiKE |
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210 |
194 |
148 |
119 |
91 |
73 |
58 |
44 |
KEMER |
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230 |
214 |
165 |
139 |
111 |
83 |
70 |
57 |
20 |
ANTALYA |