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Blue Cruise or Blue Voyage
("Mavi Yolculuk" in Turkish) is
a term used for recreational
boating tours along the Turkish
Riviera in Turkey's south
western coasts, with
connotations in tourism and
literature. The term is used by
Turkey's tourism industry. It
was derived from the title of a
1957 book by Azra Erhat.
The term was first introduced
into the Turkish literature by a
handful of Turkish writers.
These writers were Cevat Sakir
Kabaagacli -alias The Fisherman
of Halicarnassus, Sabahattin
Eyuboglu as well as his 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 the 1960s.
A full Blue Cruise generally
starts in Didim, or Kusadasi,
although the tours often depart
from Bodrum. They usually
terminate in the port of
Antalya. The term may also be
used to refer to shorter tours
along the southwestern Turkey
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