Kos - Women (Ottoman era)
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Kos - Women (Ottoman era)
This picture is from Ottoman times and depicts women sitting, having been drinking wine, in traditional costume, on the Island of Kos (or Cos) (Turkish - Istankoy, Italian - Coo, English - Stanchio. Four kilometres from the coast of Southern Anatolia, opposite Bodrum. Was a part of the Turkish region of Caria. Ruled by the Ottomans for 400 years- transferred to Italy in 1912. In World War Two - taken over by Germany (until 1945). Then became protectorate of the UK, who ceded it to Greece in 1947. Big tourist area nowadays. Hippocrates ( The Father of Medicine ) lived there in the 5th century BC
Media ID 4394578
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Anatolia Bodrum Caria Opposite Region Southern Wine
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