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Gölcük Shipyard Marks 100 Years, 512 Vessels Delivered

Naval commanders celebrate centenary highlighting submarine capacity and major surface combatant revival after 1999 quake.

Sources: Özgür Kocaeli, Çağdaş Kocaeli, Yeni Adım Gazetesi3 sources ↓|· 1 min read
Gölcük Shipyard Marks 100 Years, 512 Vessels Delivered
Photo: Özgür Kocaeli

KEY POINTS

  • Centennial ceremony held with top military and civilian officials
  • Shipyard has delivered 512 vessels since 1926 founding
  • Submarine production line spans Ay, Preveze, Gür, and Reis classes
  • Large surface combatant capacity restored after 1999 quake loss
  • 34 ships building for Turkish Navy, 23 for export customers

Gölcük Shipyard Command celebrated its 100th anniversary with a ceremony attended by Navy Commander Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, Deputy Defence Minister Salih Ayhan, and Kocaeli Governor İlhami Aktaş. Officials traced the yard's origins to the 1926 construction of Dry Dock No. 1 for the battlecruiser Yavuz.

Shipyard Commander Rear Admiral Dr. İzzet Emre Afacan stated the facility has delivered 512 ships and naval platforms to the Turkish Naval Forces since its founding. He noted the yard gained submarine construction capability in the 1970s, progressing through the Ay, Preveze, Gür, and Reis classes.

“The story of Gölcük Shipyard Command is the story of our Republic's will to be independent at sea.”

— Rear Admiral Dr. İzzet Emre Afacan, Gölcük Shipyard Commander

Afacan added that the first two Reis-class submarines, TCG Piri Reis and TCG Hızır Reis, have been commissioned, while the MİLDEN project merges national design with local build capacity. He said the ability to build large surface combatants, lost in the 1999 earthquake, has been restored via the Offshore Patrol Vessel project.

Admiral Tatlıoğlu revealed that 34 vessels are currently under simultaneous construction for the Turkish Navy across military and civilian yards, with an additional 23 ships being designed and built for foreign navies. Deputy Minister Ayhan announced plans for the region's largest dry dock at Gölcük.

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