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Fisherman of

Halicarnassus

When you go through the entrance
of Bodrum, you will see Cevat Şakir
Kabaağaçlı’s, a.k.a. Fisherman of
Halicarnassus’s lines: “Don’t you
assume that you’ll leave as you come,
the others before you were the same
too. Still, they left Bodrum leaving their
mind behind in Bodrum.”

Fisherman of Halicarnassus who set out for Bod-
rum as an exile, added the unique landscape that
covered Bodrum Castle to his adventure started
with scents coming from the mandarin gardens
and he delivered the mind and soul to Bodrum be-
coming a full and dedicated lover of Bodrum.
The Fisherman of Halicarnassus, known for his
maritime stories, has written his works inspired by
sometimes real, sometimes exaggerated stories
of fishermen, divers, sponge hunters and ships,
whose fate is in the hands of rebel and free sea
and sometimes deriving them from the treasure
of mythology. He dragged his readers to Bodrum
with his poetic expression coming from the end-
less admiration of the sea and especially of Bod-
rum.
In addition, “Blue Voyage” was the great master’s
brainchild, idea realized for the first time by him
and his friends during his life spent in Bodrum.
“Blue Voyage” has become an important brand of
Muğla thanks to the Fisherman of Halicarnassus
who had traveled for days in the blue waters of the
Aegean Sea.

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