The history of shipyards and shipyards in our country is very old. One of our oldest shipyards is the Istanbul Haliç Shipyard. The foundations of the existing stone pools were laid in 1455.

"Turkey shipbuilding sector has a size close to $ 2 billion. Half of this is in the Tuzla region, the other is in the Yalova region. Turkey also in different seaside town is located on a smaller scale shipyards.

"55 thousand people work in the sector, 25 thousand of them are in Tuzla, 20 thousand are in Yalova and the rest are in other provinces."

Turkey new shipbuilding sector is a very important part of the exports to Europe, especially the Nordic countries operate.
The number of ships in the ship repair and maintenance sector is increasing day by day. Shipyards of our country are also preferred for repair and maintenance works.