What does Blue Voyage mean?

The Blue Voyage offers the best possible escape on the sea: a means of forgetting the rigors of everyday life for a while and of just letting go of time.
Cevat Sakir Kabaagacli -one of our well known intellectuals and political writers- is the figure who has originally pronounced and conceptualized the 'blue voyage'. During his stay in Bodrum, he used to write his articles and stories about the town and its locals -in particular, the fishermen- with the adopted name, "the Fisherman of Halicarnassus".
On his regular cruises with fishermen, he gradually got to know the various coves and bays in the Gulf of Gokova. When friends and colleagues from Istanbul dropped in, he took the opportunity to introduce them to the fishermen's way of life which he so loved.
Cevat Sakir's tours of the Gulf of Gokova soon became widely known and became a source of enjoyment for thousands of people for the past 60 years.