HISTORY OF GULETS

The most famous among the boats and yachts in Turkey is the Gulet, Today's luxurious Blue Voyage boats are separated into three different categories of gulet, tırhandil and aynakıç, but their ancestors the workboats, were much more diversified, both in the form of different hull types and sailing rigs. The purpose of this maritime museum is to bring this different but at the same time rich, though nearly forgotten, maritime heritage to the present. Before tourism began in the South West of Turkey (Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye regions), the boats with lengths varying between 5 to 28 meters, using first sails and later engines, were used in fishing, sponge diving and maritime transportation.