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Further information concerning motor sailing gulets on holiday charter in Greece and Turkey may be
obtained by clicking on the gray links immediately above. Thank You. Could you be searching
for a yacht on holiday charter in Turkey? Or for a yacht on holiday charter in Greece? For a motor
sailing gulet chartering the azure Aegean? Perhaps for a charter yacht with an aesthetically pleasing
low-to-the-water profile? Are you imagining such a charter yacht sailing |
the pine-clad coast of Turkey? Or would you prefer to go sailing in
Greece? From remote Greek island to remote Greek island? Pursuing the perfect grilled octopus? Or
would you like to do both? Turkey and Greece on the same holiday? It's possible. It can be done aboard
the motor sailing gulet Doruk Reis, a crewed yacht with accommodations for fourteen guests on holiday
charter in Greece and Turkey. Why not charter such a sailing yacht to cruise the coast of Turkey and
among neighboring Greek islands as did Turgut Reis, no relation to Doruk Reis. Later known to
Christendom as Dragut, Turgut was born circa 1485 within sight of the sea in southwest Turkey to a
mother of Greek heritage, his stepfather a Mentese Turk. To the age of twelve he sailed the coast of
ancient Caria aboard fishing vessels, often venturing out among Dodecanese islands. You might also
cruise among Dodecanese islands. While you holiday under a warm sun glistening on azure sea! While you
have an extended-family or group-of-friends holiday aboard a crewed sailing yacht catering to your
wish, proceeding leisurely from intriguing locale to intriguing locale. Nearby Dodecanese or far
Cyclades. Turgut cruised the far Cyclades as well as the near Dodecanese. He did so in the years
between 1505 and 1520. Working out of Alexandria, Egypt, with a flotilla expanding from a single
galliot to as many as twenty he terrorized the Cyclades then Venetian-ruled, hiding frequently at
Skhinousa below Venetian Naxos. A prisoner at a Genovese galley oar in the years 1540-1544, Turgut
upon ransom turned his attention away from Venetians and toward his former captors represented by
Andrea Doria. Over the next six years he plundered and pillaged throughout the western
Mediterranean, enslaving thousands and earning the sobriquet The Drawn Sword of Islam. In
October 1550 while careening his ships in the large lagoon at Djerba on the coast of Tunisia,
Turgut was surprised by the aforementioned Doria who appeared at the mouth of the lagoon and sealed
off its exit. And there Doria waited. The opposing forces were disproportionate. Turgut had 3
red-hulled galleasses, 10 galleys, and three brigantines while Doria commanded a force comprised of
36 galleasses and galleys as well as an equal number of support vessels. It was no contest. The
no-contest was resolved only when, using 2,000 Christian slaves as well as an equal number of local
Berbers (Homer's lotus-eaters), a two-mile canal was dug over five days through sandbanks 20 miles
down the lagoon and Turgut's off-loaded galleys and galleasses were otherwise rolled 50 yards on
logs at night to make their escape. The brigantines were left within sight of Doria who continued
to block the conventional exit for days after Turgut's departure. It was then, in the late Autumn of
1550, that Turgut returned to the Aegean, again plundering the Cyclades en route to Constantinople
to seek reinforcements from Sultan Suleiman. He was far from finished. He had fifteen more years at
sea before meeting his end at the age of 80 during the 1565 siege of Malta. And we hope you are far
from finished. There is much more to this part of the world than meets the eye during a single
holiday. You might next cruise in the other direction further along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
To Antalya or beyond. To Pamphylia, Smooth Cilicia, and Rough Cilicia. Starting in Bodrum? Are you
searching for Bodrum in Turkey? Bodrum is eleven nautical miles NNE of Kos Town on the Greek island
of the same name. There or elsewhere we can put you aboard a motor sailing gulet for the holiday
charter of a lifetime. We can put you aboard a charter gulet with an experienced crew able to show
you the cove-indented Gulf of Bodrum (ancient Ceramic Gulf), and able to show you Turgut's tracks
along the nearby coast and through the Aegean. Doruk Reis, a fine motor sailing gulet on holiday
charter in Greece and Turkey. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters
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