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Further information concerning charter cruising in Turkey and Greece may be obtained by clicking on
the blue links immediately above. Thank You. You are probably searching for a yacht holiday
in Turkey or Greece or both, for a charter yacht perhaps cruising from Turkish Bodrum's sugar-cube
encrusted peninsula to a sugar-cube encrusted Aegean island of Greece. Or you may be searching for a
zephyr, the light westerly breeze of late-spring and early-summer. If the latter, please refer to the
Greek god Aeolus usually found in the waters north of Sicily. The schooner Zephyria II was built by
Zephyria Yachting in Bodrum, however, and there may have been some hope on the part of the builder
the yacht could sail in a light wind. Light wind or more wind, Zephyria II cruises the Turquoise Coast
of Turkey from one idyllically serene pine encircled cove to the next idyllically serene pine encircled
cove. She may also be found sailing the azure sea between remote islands of Greece. Should you be
searching for a holiday ricocheting between the Turkish coast and Greek islands, the Zephyria II may be
for you. She has five exquisitely appointed cabins and lots of other space, including isolated deck
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space for history lessons. That's right, should
you be a family or families with children, why not! Why not take advantage of the crossroads of history.
Why not make up for inadequacies in the school system back home. These crossroads have seen empires rise
and fall: the Persian Empire, the Athenian empire, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the
Ottoman Empire, not to mention periods of rule by city states and the coming and going of a wide variety
of cultures and peoples, Minoan, Mycenaean, Lydian, Ionian, and Carian among them. While Bodrum is
probably most famous for Mausolus and his seven-wonders tomb, and for the two queens Artemisia, and for
Herodotus who wrote the first history, the coast north of Bodrum near Foca and Izmir produced giants of
history, too. One of these was the privateer and Ottoman admiral Curtogoli. His history is replete with
an endless catalog of accomplishments, too many to cover in this web page, but for his early life please
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in Istanbul's Golden Horn he found
himself under a cloud at the Porte and was stripped of his wages and several titles. He was nevertheless
soon at it once more, as a privateer rather than Ottoman admiral in July of 1527 taking one Venetian
merchantman and two war galleys off the southern Peloponnesus, on this occasion assuaging the Ottoman
grand vizir with some of the plunder. Over the next several years Curtogoli oscillated between the Aegean
and western Mediterranean, alternately earning the ire of Venice and that of the Holy Roman Empire of
Charles V. He was not again seen in Istanbul until spring 1532. Once more an Ottoman admiral he took a
small squadron into the western Mediterranean and created havoc on the Ligurian coast of Italy before
sailing for the Ionian Sea. At Zakinthos he captured a Venetian war galley and its escorted merchantman.
Relations between Venice and the Porte frayed at the time, Suleiman applauded. In fact, this was the year,
1532, Suleiman invited Kheir-ed-Din Barbarossa to Istanbul in order to name him kapudan-i derya or
grand admiral of the Ottoman navy. One year later Barbarossa's Ottoman fleet took on Venice and Holy Roman
Empire alike. That year in his swan song Curtogoli captured two more Venetian galleys near Samos. He then
retired to Rhodes where he passed away in 1535. His younger brother, liberated at Rhodes on New Year's Day
1523, had meanwhile taken service under Barbarossa. He, too, had a visceral dislike of Latins. Why was that?
You might like to charter a yacht sailing the wakes of Curtogoli and of his younger brother and of the
brothers Barbarossa all of whom had the same visceral dislike of Latins in general and Venetians in
particular. Was this dislike a function of Latin history in the Aegean? Of the Fourth Crusade? Or of
something else? Come theorize with us at the crossroads of history while floating in an azure sea and
basking under a gentle Aegean sun. Are you searching for Bodrum in Turkey? Well, it is eleven nautical
miles NNE of Kos Town on the Greek island of Kos, and its harbor is about 30 minutes from its own
international airport. There or elsewhere, come aboard Zephyria II charter cruising Turkey and Greece, a
schooner-rigged yacht offering unforgettable holidays. Come aboard a new charter yacht with an experienced
crew able to show you the coast of Turkey and the Aegean islands of Greece. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht
Charters today at