Özet:

Strobilos, known today as Aspat, which is situated in the south-eastern part of the Bodrum peninsula faced a continuous habitation from the 7th B.C. until the end of the Ottoman era. It came under the rule of the Menteşe Emirate in the 13th century together with the region and in the 16th century became the capital of the new province called “Sıravolos”. In the light of the remains especially from the Middle Ages, the city was an important center but its position in the Menteşe and the Ottoman eras was under discussion. Various document, travel books and the remains lead to a thought that the city for safety reasons started a decadence from 15th century on.