History of Bodrum
The Carians are the ancient people who named the Carian region from the Menderes Valley where the Lake Bafa is located, to the ancient city of Caunos in Dalyan. Homer says that the Karians, known as mercenaries, fought as allies of the Trojans. Halicarnassus was also under the control of the Northern Lydian Kingdom in central Sardis, where the Carian cities were under the control of King Karun. Between 700 and 500 he was an ally of the ions.
by the side of the Bodrum Castle walls, ancient Halicarnassus has statues of three famous figures: King Mausoleum, his sister and his wife, II. With Artemisia, the author Herodotus (484-425 BCE), who referred us to the earlier history of the region and was known as the father of history.
At the end of the struggles between the Lydia and the Athenians and Persians who were the) superpowers eye of the time, the Carians came under the reign of Persians and were started to be ruled by satraps (governors) appointed from among the indigenous peoples. Mylasa'l (now Milas) instead of the first satrap known as Hyssaldomos, BC 392 years of arrived Hecatomnus son. B.C. Mausolos, the son of Hekatomnos, who came to power in 377, moved to Halicarnassus, the center of the region, and launched a Hellenistic-style, comprehensive reconstruction program.
Within the scope of this program, the population of the peninsula other than Myndos (present-day GümüÅŸlük) and Eastern Syangela was forced to Halikarnassos. Mausolos, the ruins of the ruins of the archaeological excavations of the Bodrum Castle had a palace built. Today, parts of the mausoleum of the city walls can be seen in Göktepe around the ancient theater.
The most impressive part of the city, which opened the door to the city and is one of two restored Myndus Gate.
