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Istanbul Bosphorus Tour in summertime and a view of Turkey Maritime Organization Inc with Windstar Cruise and Galata Tower together (Turkish: Yaz mevsiminde Istanbul Boğaz Turu ve Türkiye Denizcilik İşletmeleri A.Ş. nin Windstar ve Galata Kulesi ile birlikte bir görüntüsü). Istanbul became a sea city also in the Ottoman period, just like today, because of its location which is spread to the Marmara Sea, Golden Horn and Bosporus coasts. The sea transportation was provided by means of boats, peremes (small sea boat which is used for carrying passengers and cargoes in limited quantity) and barges. Tersane-i Amire (Grand Shipyard) is established, in the period of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, for the purpose of building ships in the year 1455.

The ships in the Ottoman period were built in İzmit, Gelibolu, Gemlik, Sinop and Kasımpaşa shipyards (with their current names, Taşkızak Shipyard, Haliç Shipyard and Camialtı Shipyard) which were all founded by the Ottoman state. These vessels which are the first foundation stones of the present Turkey Maritime Enterprise were the property of Tersane-i Amire (Grand Shipyard). In the Ottoman period, the first steam machine vessel named BUĞ is purchased in the year 1827. ESER-İ HAYIR, which was launched in Aynalıkavak where the present Taşkızak Shipyard is situated in the year 1837, is the first steam passenger vessel which is built in our own shipyards. The first core of the Turkey Maritime Organization Inc. is Fevaid-i Osmaniye which is established in the year 1843. The enterprise started its activities with the passenger transportation to Kadıköy and Islands. And then it took the title of İrade-i Şahane and İdare-i Aziziye in the year 1870.

Source(s): tdi.com.tr (Türkiye Denizcilik İşletmeleri A.Ş.) - Photograph: Ayhan ÇAKAR