History of Bodrum
The Ottoman Turks built a Khan, which was used as a night club for settlements, mosques and today's Bodrum. The most important work of the Ottoman Period is the Ottoman Tower, which is located in the low stone wall of Milta Marina and is now used as an art gallery. This tower was built to protect the shipyards that had lost the Ottoman fleet lost in Çeşme during the Russian attack in 1770. The small cemetery is located in the Marina in the garden, it is possible to see many tombs belonging to the Ottoman Period. In the same period, the Old Mosque (1723) and the elegant Tepecik mosque (1737) in Liman Square were built. The private property, once known as the Er Pasha's house ’and located in Bodrum Harbor, was restored by Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, who hosted the world famous guests from the 70s to the 90s and contributed to the growth of tourism.
In the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, the chapels built by the Greek Orthodox are among the important historical structures of the peninsula. The main ones are the Eklisia in Gümüşlük, the Chapel of Kadıkalesi and the Gara Chapel in the Bitez vineyard.
Bodrum Castle is the most concrete connection between the past and present. The building, which was used as an Ottoman fortress and prison until 1915, was severely damaged when it was bombed by a French warship during World War I.
It not yet experienced the tourism boom in the basement, where local people go to agriculture and shipping in the first days of the Republic of Turkey, with stone windmills tangerine and olive trees began to be built larger houses with gardens. The restored Bodrum Castle was opened to public in 1964 as the Bodrum Museum.
