There only appears to be one other review of the Bodrum Castle here and it's quite negative, but also fairly accurate.

Coming from Wales, we have some pretty spectacular castles ourselves and there are fine examples of excellent Crusader castles all over the eastern Mediterranean and I don't think this is one of them.

There's been so much development around the harbour area that it's often not even in sight. You need to be out at sea to get a proper view and honestly, as castles go, it's nothing special.

Bodrum is a pleasant enough resort and I suspect the number of people drawn here to see the castle is a very tiny percentage of the annual tourist count.

Like the other reviewer, I'm struggling to see why it was listed at all, maybe the judging panel fancied a break by the coast 😉.

Whatever the reason, nice enough castle, definitely not a UNESCO wow though.