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 Eyüboðlu 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.

Port Göcek started its operation in 1999 and is built with floating pontoons, thus ensuring a perfect water circulation and a minimum impact on the shoreline. The breakwater is also a floating one, called Technoscreen which set a good example for the other projects in this field. This floating “wave breaker” has been calculated to stand wind forces up to 120 km/h. When the average is only 40 km/h.