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MILDEN Project
The MILDEN project ( Turkish: ''Milli Denizaltı Projesi''; English: National Submarine Project) is a multi-year military design and procurement project to develop indigenous air-independent power attack submarines, intended to be commissioned into the Turkish Navy The Turkish Naval Forces (), or Turkish Navy (), is the naval warfare service branch of the TAF. The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was established as the ''Directorate o ... in the 2030s. MILDEN is being designed in the Gölcük Naval Shipyard, where the concept design was completed in 2022, and the "preliminary design phase, in which the main and auxiliary systems ill beelaborated in detail" began in September 2022. , Turkey planned to start the construction of the first submarine in 2025. MILDEN is a diesel-electric submarine of approximately 2,700 tonnes displacement, and over in length. The construction of the first ''MILDEN''-cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air-independent Power
Air-independent propulsion (AIP), or air-independent power, is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without access to atmospheric oxygen (by surfacing or using a snorkel). AIP can augment or replace the diesel-electric propulsion system of non-nuclear vessels. Modern non-nuclear submarines are potentially stealthier than nuclear submarines; although some modern submarine reactors are designed to rely on natural circulation, most naval nuclear reactors use pumps to constantly circulate the reactor coolant, generating some amount of detectable noise. Non-nuclear submarines running on battery power or AIP, on the other hand, can be virtually silent. While nuclear-powered designs still dominate in submergence times, speed, range and deep-ocean performance, small, high-tech non-nuclear attack submarines can be highly effective in coastal operations and pose a significant threat to less-stealthy and less-maneuverable nuclear submarines. AIP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Submarine
An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants, and merchant vessels. In the Soviet Navy, Soviet and Russian Navy, Russian navies they were and are called "multi-purpose submarines". They are also used to protect friendly surface combatants and Ballistic missile submarine, missile submarines. Some attack subs are also armed with submarine-launched cruise missile, cruise missiles, increasing the scope of their potential missions to include land targets. Attack submarines may be either nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered or diesel–electric ("conventionally") powered. In the United States Navy hull classification symbol, naming system, and in the equivalent NATO system (STANAG 1166), nuclear-powered attack submarines are known as SSN (hull classification symbol), SSNs and their anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine (ASW) diesel–electric predecessors are SSK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Naval Forces
The Turkish Naval Forces (), or Turkish Navy (), is the naval warfare service branch of the TAF. The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was established as the ''Directorate of Naval Affairs'' during the Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Since July 1949, the service has been officially known as the ''Turkish Naval Forces''. In 2008, the Turkish Navy had a reported active personnel strength of 48,600; this figure included an Amphibious Marines Brigade as well as several Special Forces and Commando detachments. As of early 2021, the navy operates a wide variety of ships and 60 maritime aircraft. History Ottoman fleet after Mudros Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on 3 November 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, rear admiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be struck on all warships lying in the Golden Horn, and the Ottoman Navy cea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Gölcük Naval Shipyard () is a naval shipyard of the Turkish Naval Forces within the Gölcük Naval Base on the southern shore of the Gulf of İzmit, in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in Gölcük, Kocaeli, Gölcük, Kocaeli Province, Kocaeli. Established in 1926, the shipyard serves for the construction and maintenance of military vessels. A total of 3,221 personnel are employed at the shipyard, which stretches over an area of , with covered structures of . History To repair the war damages of the Turkish battlecruiser SMS Goeben, TCG ''Yavuz'' after World War I, a floating drydock, large enough to hold the big vessel, was needed. The site chosen was Gölcük on the southern shore of the Gulf of İzmit. With the construction of the floating drydock and the housing barracks by the Germany, German shipb ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STM 500
The STM 500 is a Turkish modern coastal submarine of the 500-tonne class under construction since 2022. The shallow-water small diesel-electric attack submarine is being built by Turkish defense company STM with completion of the first vessel not expected until 2026. , the customer for the project had not yet been publicly released. History The STM-500 was announced in 2021 at the 10th Naval Systems Seminar in August 2021 as a lower cost and more cost effective subsurface warfare option. Construction began in 2022. It is expected to require four years to complete construction, and up to six years to fully complete the project. Description The STM-500 will displace more than 500 tonnes, have a crew of 18, and be able to transport a squad of 6 special forces personnel. It is being designed to have an endurance of 30 days and a maximum dive depth of more than 200 meters. ;Specifications Specifications as of 2025 include: * Displacement: 623 tonnes surfaced, 700 tonnes sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MILGEM Project
The MILGEM project ''('' Turkish'': Milli Gemi Projesi;'' English'': National Ship Project)'' is a national warship program of the Republic of Turkey. Managed by the Turkish Navy, the project aims at developing multipurpose corvettes, frigates and destroyers that can be deployed in a range of missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, early warning, anti-submarine warfare, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air warfare, and amphibious operations. As of 2023, the MILGEM project covers four anti-submarine warfare corvettes, one ELINT corvette, eight multipurpose frigates, 10 Hisar class OPVs as well as eight anti-air warfare destroyers destined for the Turkish Navy; four s for the Pakistan Navy; and two Ada class corvettes for the Ukrainian Navy. The name of the project is derived from the phrase "National Ship" in Turkish – ''Milli Gemi''. History In mid 1990s the Turkish Navy was researching national resources to design, develop and construct a completel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TF-2000-class Destroyer
The TF-2000-class destroyer is a projected anti-air warfare guided-missile destroyer currently undergoing development by the Turkish Naval Institute. The class will provide survivability in the presence of aerial threat and also support mission functions such as command, control, and communications, reconnaissance, early warning, surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare and electronic warfare. Moreover, once in service, the TF-2000s are slated to be an integral part of Türkiye's expeditionary strike groups centered around the TCG ''Anadolu'' LHD and the country's future ''MUGEM''-class aircraft carriers. The construction of the first ''TF-2000''-class destroyer, the first ''MUGEM''-class aircraft carrier, and the first ''MILDEN''-class submarine began in the same day, on January 2, 2025. The first ''TF-2000''-class destroyer and the first ''MUGEM''-class aircraft carrier are being built at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, while the first ''MILDEN''-class submarine is being bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MUGEM-class Aircraft Carrier
The MUGEM-class aircraft carrier is an initiative by the Turkish Navy to build a fully indigenous aircraft carrier. MUGEM is a Turkish acronym for , meaning "National Aircraft Carrier". The construction of the first MUGEM-class aircraft carrier started on 2 January 2025. Development Plans for constructing a large Turkish aircraft carrier were first announced in April 2023 by the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who held talks with companies from Spain and the United Kingdom on the issue. Contrary to earlier assumptions and news reports by the media, it was later revealed that the future aircraft carrier would not be a larger version of , but a completely new design. On 15 February 2024, the Design and Projects Office of the Turkish Navy announced that it will be a STOBAR aircraft carrier with an overall length of , beam of , draught of , and displacement of . It is to have a COGAG propulsion system and a maximum speed of more than . In terms of dimensions (length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarines Of Turkey
A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, or to medium-sized or smaller vessels (such as the midget submarine and the wet sub). Submarines are referred to as ''boats'' rather than ''ships'' regardless of their size. Although experimental submarines had been built earlier, submarine design took off during the 19th century, and submarines were adopted by several navies. They were first used widely during World War I (1914–1918), and are now used in many navies, large and small. Their military uses include: attacking enemy surface ships (merchant and military) or other submarines; aircraft carrier protection; blockade running; nuclear deterrence; stealth operations in denied areas when gathering intelligence and doing reconna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
