Bodrum is a city in southwestern Turkey, located in the province of Muğla.
The city was founded by the Greeks under the name of Halicarnassus. Port bordered by the Gulf of Cos (Aegean Sea), it officially has a little more than 88 000 inhabitants (in practice several hundreds of thousands in summer). It became from the 1960s a tourist center thanks to the efforts of the writer Cevat Sakir.
Today, it is a tourist resort very busy and particularly popular with the Istanbul bourgeoisie and foreign tourists. Bodrum is also the stopover for many cruises. It is sometimes called the "Turkish Saint-Tropez". The city is active and lively whether it is day or night. At the height of the summer period, the population of the agglomeration is multiplied by six or seven and sometimes exceeds half a million inhabitants.
The name Bodrum will be a dematerical du latin Petreum, or Petronium; Survenue au fil du temps from the name of the château Saint-Pierre.
District; Bodrum, Turgutreis, Ortakent, Golturkbuku, Yalikavak, Gumusluk, Bitez, Konacik, Yali and Mumcular municipalities.
During the twentieth century, the country's economy was mainly based on diving and sponge diving. Over the years, tourism has become one of the most important activities of Bodrum.
No airport in the city. Two airports serve the city. Milas - Bodrum Airport is located 36 kilometers northeast of Bodrum with domestic and international flights. Located in Andimachia, Greece, 70 km. . In addition to flights made to Greek destinations throughout the year, the traffic to the Kos airport is seasonal.
In the city center, Turkey is a main bus stop providing transportation to other places.
The port has ferries to other nearby Turkish and Greek ports and islands. There are three large marina and ship berths in Bodrum. The first marina Milta in the center of Bodrum. The second marina is located in Turgutreis and the third Palmarina is located in Yalikavak.
