BLUE CRUISE

'Blue Cruise' a.k.a. Blue Voyage ('"Mavi Yolculuk"' in Turkish) is a term used for recreational boating tours along Turkey's spectacular southwestern coasts, with connotations in tourism and literature.
The term was first introduced into the Turkish literature by a handful of Turkish writers of fame. These writers were Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı -alias ''The Fisherman of Halicarnassus'', Sabahattin Eyüboğlu as well as his large and prominent circle of family and friends, especially artists, Azra Erhat, the translator into Turkish of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and others united around the literary revue "Yeni Ufuklar" (''New Horizons'') in the 1950s and especially as of the 1960s.
"Blue Cruise" became a byword within Turkey's tourism industry and the tours defined within the term are among the most popular leisure and tourism concepts in Turkey. The term itself is derived from the title of a celebrated 1957 book (re-edited after further tours, for the first time in 1962 and then in 1979) by Azra Erhat.
A full Blue Cruise is generally admitted to start in Didim, or even Kuşadası, although the tours are often launched with departure from Bodrum, and they usually come to an end with Antalya as the final port of destination. In general parlance, the term may also be used to refer to shorter tours as well, as long as they take place along southwestern Turkey's shores.

Contents

See also

See also

★ Marinas in Turkey

★ Gulet

★ Taka

★ Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı -alias ''The Fisherman of Halicarnassus''

★ Azra Erhat

★ Sabahattin Eyüboğlu

★ Tirhandil

★ Göcek

★ Marmaris

★ Bodrum

★ Fethiye

★ Antalya

★ Turkish Riviera