Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech on the Aksaz Shipyard Command Opening and Maritime Platforms Delivery Ceremony.
Erdoğan laid out the next keynotes in his speech:
“We are right here on the event of the supply of ships that may improve the ability and effectiveness of our Naval Forces and the inauguration of our Aksaz Shipyard Command. On this special occasion, we’re commissioning our critically vital Piri Reis submarine for our military, elevating the flag on the Hızır Reis submarine, and beginning its sea trials. We are additionally starting the outfitting actions for the Murat Reis submarine. Additionally, we’re placing into service the gasoline tankers numbered 2, 3, and 4, in addition to a 3,000-ton submarine dock. I wholeheartedly thank each one who contributed to the development of our ships and submarines, and I want them to be helpful for our nation and the Turkish Armed Forces. Right at first of my phrases, I commemorate our martyrs who gave their lives for the survival of our homeland and the independence and way forward for our nation with mercy. I lengthen my gratitude to our heroic veterans on behalf of our nation and nation, and I pray that God is happy with all of them.
“We Are Bringing Our Navy Closer to the Level We Aim For”
We proceed our battle to raise the Republic of Turkey, the legacy of our heroic ancestors, to the locations it deserves. We are a rustic surrounded by seas on three sides and are on the heart of a geography that has been the scene of world energy struggles for hundreds of years. We are a nation that owes its thousand-year existence on these lands to the blessed blood and sacrifices of its martyrs. We are conscious that to stay in peace in our lands, we should have a robust and efficient navy, each in our blue homeland and in distant geographies. With this understanding, we now have been striving to strengthen the Turkish Armed Forces in all areas with the motto of ‘Strong Turkey, Strong Army’ since 2002. As in the present day, the steps taken by Turkey are adopted with envy by our buddies, with gratitude and help by our brothers, and with concern by our adversaries. The spine of our objective to strengthen our military consists of our efforts to extend the capability and deterrence of our navy. We have mobilized all our sources for the procurement of all types of platforms and programs wanted by our Naval Forces. With every accomplished mission, every ship whose development has begun, and every modernized or delivered ship, we’re bringing our navy nearer to the extent we intention for.
“We Will Commission All Submarines by 2029”
Our submarines are among the many strategic components of our Naval Forces. The TCG Piri Reis, which is commissioned in the present day, is the primary of our six submarines with an air-independent propulsion system. Over 380 manufacturing unit, port, and sea acceptance checks have been efficiently carried out on the Piri Reis submarine. Our Reis-class submarines are geared up with options far superior to their counterparts world wide. The Piri Reis submarine will be capable of conduct operations for a very long time with out the necessity to floor. As talked about earlier by our Naval Forces Commander and our Defense Minister, we plan to fee the Hızır Reis submarine, for which we raised the flag and started sea trials, in 2025 and the Murat Reis submarine, for which we began outfitting actions, in 2026. The development of our fourth submarine, Aydın Reis, our fifth submarine, Seydi Ali Reis, and our sixth submarine, Selman Reis, is progressing quickly. We will strengthen our navy by commissioning all submarines below the mission by 2029.
“We Will Join the Ranks of Countries That Can Build Their Own Submarines”
Here, I wish to significantly emphasize this level. Our new-type submarine mission is past only a contract. This mission is an exemplary mission that features multi-dimensional targets corresponding to coaching technical personnel, localizing merchandise, and industrialization, the place our Armed Forces, public sector, and personal sector work in concord. As you realize, we’re at the moment among the many few nations that may design, construct, and keep their very own warships. Of course, we’re not happy with simply this. We hope to attain our objective of constructing our personal submarine, a dream of roughly 138 years, with our MİLDEN mission. In this fashion, we are going to be part of the ranks of the main nations on this planet that may design and construct their very own submarines. Our work on the MİLDEN mission is progressing inside its scope. Another level that must be emphasised concerning the Piri Reis submarine is that this: During the development of our submarine, lots of our protection trade corporations served as subcontractors, thereby accumulating important expertise for MİLDEN. The Piri Reis may also be capable of use our indigenous guided missiles, ATMACA and GEZGİN, in addition to our delight, the AKYA torpedo, which we just lately examined in stay hearth. We intention to equip our indigenous submarine MİLDEN with indigenous programs and gadgets and use it with fully indigenous weapons.
“Construction of Important Platforms Continues”
We have applied crucial tasks with the choices we made on the Defense Industry Executive Committee to equip our Naval Forces with the capabilities they want. The development of vital platforms such because the National Assault Boat, New Type Mine Hunting Ship, İstif-class Frigate, Offshore Patrol Ship, and New Type Landing Craft continues. Additionally, the design work for the TF 2000 Air Defense Warfare Destroyer, the National Submarine, and the National Aircraft Carrier, which is able to open new horizons for our Naval Forces, continues. With the TF 2000 Air Defense Warfare Destroyer, whose development will quickly start at Istanbul Shipyard Command, we are going to present our nation’s air protection from the ocean in a phased method. We will make sure the safety of our essential capabilities corresponding to TCG Anadolu and the National Aircraft Carrier in opposition to air threats.
“Our Rights in the Blue Homeland Will Be Defended More Effectively”
On our nationwide plane service, our indigenous and nationwide air automobiles corresponding to Hürjet, Kızılelma, TB3, and Anka-3 will defend our rights and pursuits in abroad areas of affect. We are additionally equipping our nationwide ships with the National Vertical Launch System (MİDLAS), developed with indigenous and nationwide means. In this fashion, we are going to acquire the aptitude to launch our guided missiles, corresponding to Atmaca, Sapan, and Gezgin, from our launchers. We are equipping all of the floating, diving, flying, and land-based platforms of our Naval Forces with the ADVENT Combat Management System. With the activation of all these tasks, our Naval Forces will purchase a lot superior capabilities, and our rights within the Blue Homeland can be defended extra successfully.
“A New Shipyard in Mersin”
I wish to state very clearly that our efforts to strengthen our shipyard infrastructure will proceed. In the longer term, we can have a shipyard in Mersin as effectively. In addition to our Istanbul and Gölcük shipyards, we can perform all types of upkeep and repairs for the guardians of the Blue Homeland on our Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. With the precept of ‘He who controls the seas, controls the world,’ we are going to proceed to push our capabilities on this space ahead. As a matter of truth, in the present day we’re commissioning three 200-ton gasoline tankers, designed and inbuilt our nationwide shipyards to supply logistical help to the operational components of our Naval Forces. From now on, we can meet the logistical wants of floating components of our Naval Forces and Coast Guard Commands, in addition to allied components, extra simply. I congratulate all our commanders, corporations, and all my brothers from engineers to employees who’ve introduced us this pleasure and delight.
“Defense Industry Projects Have Exceeded 96 Billion Dollars”
Here, I significantly want to specific this level. The protection trade is an space that can’t be uncared for, that doesn’t tolerate pauses, and requires steady and high-paced work. When we glance again, we are able to all see how we now have coated a big distance in the direction of our massive targets in a really quick time. In the final 22 years, we now have carried out a revolution within the protection trade, significantly with our foundations, non-public corporations, SMEs, analysis establishments, know-how facilities, army non-public sector shipyards. In 2002, we had 62 protection trade tasks, which has now elevated to 1,031, and our 56 protection trade corporations have grown to three,500. The whole dimension of protection trade tasks has exceeded 96 billion {dollars}. While we used to obtain our army ships from overseas or produce them domestically utilizing international designs, in the present day we design, produce, and export many merchandise in numerous classes.
Look, simply because the starting of 2023, we now have accepted the primary of our MİLGEM İstif-class ships, Istanbul, our multi-purpose amphibious assault ship, Anadolu, our Replenishment and Combat Support Ship, Derya, the logistics help ships Yüzbaşı Güngör Durmuş and Intelligence Arif Ekmekçi, and our first unmanned and autonomous sea car, Marlin. We are conducting many actions concurrently and with nice willpower, corresponding to the event of several types of radars required by our ships, the manufacturing and integration of our close-in air protection system Gökdeniz into our ships, and the manufacturing and integration of our helicopter seize and switch system into our ships utilizing indigenous and nationwide means. In addition to many tasks we now have accomplished in earlier years, we nonetheless have 200 naval platform tasks and 40 floor and subsurface autonomous and unmanned sea car tasks ongoing.
Source: www.anews.com.tr