Sedef Shipyard

Sedef Shipyard (Sedef Gemi İnşaatı A.Ş.) is a Turkon Holding shipyard in the Tuzla Shipyards Region building commercial and naval vessels.

Location: İstanbul / Tuzla
Founded: 1972
Employees: 2,000
Website: https://www.sedefshipyard.com

About

Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. was founded in Gebze in 1972 and moved to the Tuzla Shipyards Region in 1990. It has operated under Turkon Holding (Kalkavan family) since 2000. The site cites 2,000+ employees, 100,000 t/year steel throughput, 194,000 m² in Tuzla and 36,000 m² in Orhanlı.

Work includes commercial newbuildings and naval programmes such as TCG Anadolu (LHD), LCMs and İstif-class frigates. The Tuzla yard is at Tersaneler Cad. No:10; Orhanlı is inside Istanbul Leather OIZ. The public profile is bound to the shipyard, not Tuzla OIZ.

Production profile

Company type

Manufacturer

Activity types

Production Custom Manufacturing Export Technical Service Engineering Service

Production capabilities

Structural Steel MIL-Spec Manufacturing Steel Fabrication Project-Based Steel Welding Fabrication Heavy Steel Erection

Machine park

Tuzla kızak ve rıhtım Orhanlı çelik işleme Kapalı boya salonları 100.000 t/yıl çelik işleme

Materials worked

Aluminum Stainless Steel Carbon Steel

Manufacturing processes

Serial Production High-Volume Production

Technical standards

DIN EN

Certifications

ISO 9001 ISO 14001 ISO 45001

Export profile

Exporter 10+ years

Industries served

Defense
Maritime
Construction

Activity categories

Welding
Steel Construction
Metal Fabrication
Defense Manufacturing

TurkIndustry profile: https://www.turkindustry.com/en/company/sedef-shipyard