sentences:  These excursions became known as "Blue Voyages".Fellow author Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, together with his circle of family and friends, participated in Blue Cruises, as did Azra Erhat.The literary review "Yeni Ufuklar" ("New Horizons") in the 1950s and 1960s contributed to publicizing and popularizing the Blue Cruise, and numerous guidebooks were published in Turkish  and German presenting romantic depictions of the voyage, which has since grown to become a popular national and international phenomenon supporting a sizable portion of the local economy, and is regarded as responsible for transforming Bodrum from a sleepy fishing village to a global holiday destination, as well as popularizing the Turquoise Coast itself.