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Bodrum
Ceety[1]
Bodrum Castle (Castle o St. Peter)
Bodrum Castle (Castle o St. Peter)
Bodrum is located in Turkey
Bodrum
Bodrum
Location o Bodrum
Coordinates: 37°02′N 27°26′E / 37.033°N 27.433°E / 37.033; 27.433
Kintra Turkey
RegionAegean Region
ProvinceMuğla Province
Govrenment
 • MayorMehmet Kocadon (DP)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total118,237
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48400
Area code(s)(0090)+ 252
Licence plate48
Websitewww.bodrum.bel.tr

Bodrum (Turkis pronunciation: [ˈbodɾum]) is a port ceety in Muğla Province, in the soothwastren Aegean Region o Turkey. It is locatit on the soothren coast o Bodrum Peninsulae, at a point that checks the entry intae the Gulf o Gökova. The ceety wis cried Halicarnassus o Caria in auncient times an wis famous for hoosin the Mausoleum o Mausolus, ane o the Seiven Wanders o the Auncient Warld. Bodrum Castle, built bi the Crusaders in the 15t century, owerleuks the harbour an the marina. The castle grunds include a Museum o Unnerwatter Aircheology an hosts several cultural festivals throughoot the year.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Bodrum is twinned wi:

Bibliografie

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Bodream, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme Ed., 2010.ISBN 978 2 35035 279 4


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