Kara Ada (Bodrum)
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Kara Ada (literally "Black island" in Turkish) is a small Turkish island at the entrance of the harbor of Bodrum in the Aegean Sea.[1] It is a popular tourist destination, particularly for yachting.
History
The ancient Greeks called it Arkonnesos (Template:Langx).[2] During the Siege of Halicarnassus by Alexander the Great, some of the Persian troops withdrew to the island after they first set fire to the Halicarnassus.[3]
In the Middle Ages the island, which the Greeks know under the name of Arkos,[1] was taken over by the Knights of St. John Hospitaller, who also occupied Bodrum.[4] It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. In 1919 it was occupied by the Italians together with Bodrum.[4] The 1932 Convention between Italy and Turkey assigned it to Turkey.[5]
References
Sources
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- ↑ a b Bertarelli (1929), p.153
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §A121.12
- ↑ Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, §1.23.3
- ↑ a b Bertarelli (1929), p.154
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