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``MILGEM was actually a torch, a burning torch, we took that torch and carried it to another place!``

There are 84 private shipyards in our country and 4 military shipyards (Istanbul Shipyard Command, Golcuk Shipyard Command, İzmir Shipyard Command and Aksaz Shipyard Command) operating under the General Directorate of Shipyards (TGM) of the Ministry of National Defense (MSB). Among these, the largest in terms of both capacity and area covered is the MSB Istanbul Shipyard Command, which has a very deep-rooted history dating back to 1455.

Date: Issue 135 - December 2024

With its ship docking capacity consists of 77 different cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 450 tons and 2 Floating Docks, 1 Dry Dock with a length of 300 m and a width of 38 m and a Semi-Wet Dock with a length of 200 m and a width of 38 m, Istanbul Shipyard Command, established on a total area of 1 million m2, of which 140,000 m2 is a closed area, and has 32 separate factories/workshops within its campus, is responsible for the maintenance and maintenance of 168 ships and marine vessels and over 1000 systems on them, as well as the construction of new surface warfare ships in the inventory of the Turkish Naval Forces Command. Ministry of National Defense Istanbul Shipyard Command has two main job functions: building military ships and ensuring the maintenance and maintenance of those ships, regardless of their age. Istanbul Shipyard Command has the opportunity and ability to manufacture fixed wing angle propellers (casting and processing) for ships up to 3.5 tons and 3m diameter.  

TCG Istanbul Frigate (F-515), the first ship of the MİLGEM İSTİF Class Frigate Project, designed by the Istanbul Shipyard Command operating within the General Directorate of Shipyards (TGM) of the Ministry of National Defense (MSB) and the Turkish Naval Forces Design Project Office (DPO) Directorate with local and national resources, was built with 80% local construction and delivered to the Turkish Naval Forces on January 19, 2024.