Main Page ON GOCEK HISTORY Göcek, previously named “Kalimche” in the antiquity, was conveniently located between Telmessos (today Fethiye) and Kaunos (today Dalyan). According to the legends, it is in the Göcek area that Ikarus felt in the sea after his famous flight, trying to escape from the tower where he was imprisonned. Göcek would have remained a sleepy Anatolian town if a group of artists and poets, leaded by Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu and Halikarnas`s Fisherman, had not decided to cruise along Turkish Turquoise Coast, in what was later called a “Blue Voyage”... After this trip, the bays and islands near Göcek became famous, and this destination became more and more popular amongst yachtmen. Göcek was then used during the Ottoman period as a harbour for the ships loading chrome ore collected from the mines in the mountains nearby.That area where washing ,elimination and loading took place has been announced as Tourism Establishment Area and started operating as Port Göcek.As an environment protecting and providing a high standard service to the yachts and yachts owner that area has been restructured and became a nice and modern marina establishment area. The current situation of Göcek which is formerly a village, become a townships with its new harbors that are restored in order to provide all needs of yachtsmen. As a result of aim of ensuring world standards, it is possible to find some main foreign newspapers, books and similar publications. To enter Göcek harbor at any time in morning or in evening is safe. Also, Göcek Culture and Tourism Centre personnel officiate for protecting the virginity of the bays in the long term. The region has been taken under protection from the third level with the 1988 environment protection law. It is understood from examination made on breakwater around the Göcek Forest Exploitation Management and oleftovers remained from the structures that Göcek was Kalimche in the past. In recent years Göcek has become a famous place whose importance increase day by day for nature addict and yachtsmen. Göcek bays are among rare places in the world with their a range of yachts from small ones to the latest designs. In addition, Göcek is the best place of the world with respect to first opening place to the sea rather than being point of view with effects of wind, sea and air temperature. Click for : • Gocek   • Access   • Marinas and Bays   • Maps   • Village Photos   • Islands and Bays Photos