Turkey's President Erdogan hails country's warship building capabilities

Turkey's President Erdogan attends a dual ceremony commissioning a new Turkish naval ship and starting construction of a ship set to be sold to Pakistan's navy

A handover ceremony of TCG Kinaliada, the fourth ship of the MILGEM project –– a Turkish national warship programme, to the Turkish Navy at a commissioning ceremony, held on September 29, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkey is one of 10 countries worldwide able to build, design, and maintain warships using its own national capabilities, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the ceremony for the TCG Kinaliada, commissioned today for the Turkish navy, and a MILGEM -class ship being built for Pakistan. "Our navy, rich with glorious victories, is carrying this legacy into the future by further strengthening it," he said.

In July 2018 Pakistan's navy signed a contract for the acquisition of four MILGEM-class ships from Turkey.Erdogan said recent events globally and especially in the Mediterranean point to the need to strengthen Turkey at sea, as in all other areas.

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