Another Gulet Budget Sailing Turkey And Greece Return to Motor-Sailer Summary This page last updated on 03/10/2007 Dear Homo Sapiens, There is no need to continue reading this page. What follows is intended for search engine robots and spiders and not necessarily for human beings. Further information concerning gulet budget sailing in Turkey and Greece may be obtained by clicking on the blue links immediately above. Thank You. You are probably searching for a charter yacht sailing holiday in Greece or Turkey, perhaps for a charter gulet sailing from Bodrum's sugar-cube encrusted peninsula to a sugar-cube encrusted Greek island. Or you may be searching for a budget holiday backpacking in Turkey or Greece. If the latter, you have come to the wrong place. The gulet Miralay Barbaros cruises the Turquoise Coast of Turkey from one idyllically remote cove to another idyllically remote cove. She also may be found sailing between remote islands of Greece. Should you be searching for a holiday ricocheting between Turkish coast and Greek islands, the Miralay Barbaros may be for you. Between the Turkish coast near Foca, Kusadasi, and Ephesus on the one hand, for example, and the Sporades Islands of Greece: Lesbos, Chios, and Samos on the other hand. It was in Lesbos that the widow of a Greek Orthodox priest wedded a former Ottoman janissary shortly after the island was conquered in 1462. Her name was Catalina while his adopted name was Yakub. They had six children, four boys and two girls. The boys in order of arrival were named Aruj, Elias, Isaac, and Khizr, and were to become known as the Barbarossa brothers. History does not tell us the names of the two daughters, but it is likely they grew up in the Orthodox faith. The boys were just as likely raised as Muslims. That was the practice then, girls raised in the faith of the mother, boys raised in the faith of the father. In this instance, a converted father. Whatever their religion, all six were raised to despise the Latin despoilers of Constantinople, principally Venice. It was in the pursuit of Latins in general and Venetians in particular that the boys gained their name. Initially they operated further south between the Turkish coast from Bodrum to Gocek and the Greek Dodecanese Islands of Kos, Nisiros, Tilos, and Rhodes. Aruj, in fact, was taken prisoner by the Knights of Rhodes and made a galley slave. Until ransomed at what turned out to be much too little. You might like to charter a gulet sailing these same waters. Or one sailing further east beyond Rhodes, from Kas to Antalya, arriving in time for the latter's annual Opera And Ballet Festival beginning in June. Do you already plan a charter gulet sailing holiday in Greece or Turkey? With your family. Or with a group of friends. Well, then, you might like to charter a crewed sailing gulet to cruise the Aegean from Bodrum. Are you searching for Bodrum in Turkey? Well, it is eleven miles NNE of Kos Town. There or elsewhere, come aboard Miralay Barbaros budget sailing Turkey and Greece, a gulet offering unforgettable holidays. Come aboard a budget sailing gulet with an experienced crew able to show you the Aegean islands of Greece or Elias Barbarossa's route east along the length of Asia Minor to ancient Alexandretta. A crewed yacht budget sailing Greece and Turkey. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at bcycharter@aol.com |
