Gocek, 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 Gocek area that Ikarus felt in the sea after his famous flight, trying to escape from the tower where he was imprisonned.Gocek would have remained a sleepy Anatolian town if a group of artists and poets, leaded by Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu 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 Gocek became famous, and this destination became more and more popular amongst yachtsmen.Gocek 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 when Enternasyonal Tourism Investments Inc. which is a subsidiary of Yapı Kredi Bank has founded Port Gocek by becoming the preferred bidder, a page in Gocek`s history has been definitely turned.

 How to Go?. Gocek  is 255km away from Kusadasi and can be reached by  bus from the bus station or organise private tour.

Gocek Marina

Gocek Town

Gocek Town

Gocek Town