Cenk Şahin is the sailor with the highest passion for the sea I have come to know in recent times. In fact, he is not just a sailor but also a sea and sailing instructor, one of the approved instructors of TYF. When he founded the maritime culture website www.denizlerden.com many years ago, he interviewed me. I understood then that he was an admirer of the Fisherman of Halicarnassus. His love for Cevat Şakir was so strong that he organized many events on the birth and death anniversaries of the "Fisherman." He even had special flags made for our boats and distributed them. When I read his story titled "My Father's Lap" one night in the magazine where it was published, I couldn't wait until the next morning and called him late that night to congratulate him. Cenk has a strong pen and a blue heart. This book contains twenty beautiful sea stories from such a well-equipped and big-hearted sailor.

Commodore Necati Zincirkıran

… Smyrna had turned into hell. This ancient Amazon city was burning from end to end in flames. Kemal's soldiers were now everywhere. The blue flags that had adorned the entire city for over three years had disappeared, replaced by red banners like fields of poppies. The days-long scramble was now at its peak. Time was running out, resources were dwindling.
Dozens of ships and boats were lined up at Pasaport and Punto, and on the quay and along the promenade, people were in a complete turmoil, trying to board any boat they could find to throw themselves to the other side of the Archipelago (the Aegean). After what had happened and been done, it had become impossible for them to stay here any longer. I couldn't get on a boat that night. Nor the next night. Nor the nights after that…