
Turkish Maritime Organization () is a state-owned company responsible for the operation of certain harbor and shipyards in Turkey. Its headquarters are located in
Karaköy
Karaköy (), the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.
Karaköy is one of the oldest and mo ...
quarter of
BeyoÄŸlu
BeyoÄŸlu (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the o ...
district,
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
.
The precursor of the company was founded in 1843 during the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
era. The company was responsible only for the ports around
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
. In 1933, following the establishment of the
Turkish Republic Turkish Republic may refer to:
* Turkey, archaically the "Turkish Republic"
* Northern Cyprus
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, the company was divided into three subcompanies; one for Istanbul, one for the other ports in Turkey and one for the shipyards. In 1938,
DenizBank, then a state-owned bank, was founded to support the maritime business. However, in 1997 most of the harbors, as well as the bank, were privatised.
Presently, the harbors owned by the company are as follows:
Harbor list
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*Sarayburnu (Istanbul, European side)
*Kuruçeşme (Istanbul, European side)
*Kabatepe (Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province () is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Its area is 9,817 km2, and its population is 559,383 (2022).
Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province ...
)
*Gökçeada-Kuzu (Çanakkale Province Gökçeada
Imbros (; ; ), officially Gökçeada () since 29 July 1970,Alexis Alexandris, "The Identity Issue of The Minorities in Greece And Turkey", in Hirschon, Renée (ed.), ''Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchang ...
island)
*Güllük (Muğla Province
MuÄŸla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1 ...
)
*Paşalimanı (Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...
)
*TaÅŸucu
TaÅŸucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It had obtained the status of ''belde'' after the local el ...
(Mersin Province
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)
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Transport companies established in 1843
Companies based in Istanbul
Port operating companies
1843 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
BeyoÄŸlu
Government-owned companies of Turkey
Transport companies of Turkey