TAIS projects guide: programs and product catalog
Quick answer: This guide gathers the projects and product catalog of TAIS Shipyards on a single page. The consortium takes part in serial production of the İstif-class frigates for the Turkish Naval Forces, its member yards’ references run from TCG Anadolu to TCG Derya, and the official catalog lists more than fifty designs from corvette to floating dock. The index below gives access to every file in the cluster and to the main product groups in the catalog.
Cluster index
- What is TAIS Shipyards? — the consortium’s identity and overview
- Who owns TAIS? The consortium structure — partners and share history
- TAIS’s role in the İstif-class frigates — MİLGEM serial production
- The BORA corvette and frigate family — from Corvette-100 to Frigate-140
- Export programs — Indonesia, Qatar, India and common misconceptions
- LHD-230 and its foreign counterparts — comparison with Juan Carlos I and Mistral
- Amphibious ship platforms — the LHD, LST, LCT line
- FRT-200 and fleet replenishment ships — the TCG Derya reference
- The OPV patrol vessel series — four lengths, two mission versions
- CTS-90 and ERV-90 — training and support ships
Summary of Turkey programs
| Program | Ship | Shipyard | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MİLGEM İstif class | TCG İzmir (F-516) | Anadolu (ADİK) | Launched; fitting out |
| MİLGEM İstif class | TCG İzmit (F-517) | Sedef | Launched; fitting out |
| MİLGEM İstif class | TCG İçel (F-518) | Sefine | Construction/outfitting |
| MİLGEM İstif class | TCG Karadeniz (F-520) | Sedef | Launched in 2026 |
| LHD (reference) | TCG Anadolu (L-400) | Sedef | In service |
| LST (reference) | TCG Bayraktar, TCG Sancaktar | Anadolu (ADİK) | In service |
| DİMDEG (reference) | TCG Derya (A-1590) | Sefine | Delivered: January 2024 |
The table shows the İstif production carried out under the consortium umbrella together with the reference projects the member yards completed under their own contracts. Sources for each ship-to-yard assignment are given individually in the relevant files.
Catalog product groups
The official website’s product index can be read in five main groups. The combatant line consists of the BORA family, the OPV series and the FAC/FACM/FPB boat tier. The amphibious line holds more than fifteen hulls from the LHD-230 down to the LCVP-16. The logistics line carries the FRT-200 tanker, the MPSRS-95 support vessel and the FD-160/170 floating docks; the training-support line the CTS-90, the ERV-90 and the diver boats; and under the unmanned systems heading the USV-15 Marlin unmanned surface vehicle is listed. The RPV-42 for river patrol and the CG-68 and CPV-56 for coast guard duties are the other hulls in the catalog.
Export and cooperation summary
The agreement covering two İstanbul-class frigates for Indonesia, worth roughly 1 billion dollars, was signed in January 2026; two training ships were delivered to Qatar in 2021-2022; and the Indian fleet support ship process ended in 2024 with the removal of the Turkish side. The Pakistani and Ukrainian MİLGEM programs are not TAIS’s; they run under ASFAT and RMK Marine respectively. The sourced record of all these processes sits in the export file.
How to use this cluster
The cluster is arranged so that a reader encountering TAIS for the first time starts from the hub file, while a reader tracking procurement and industry starts from the program files. Who the company is and its ownership history sit in the identity files; its actual work in Turkish Navy programs in the İstif file; its outward-facing offer portfolio in the product files; and its contract history in the export file. Each file ends with a source list and access date; numerical claims were kept strictly to data appearing in those sources, and no guesses were made about undisclosed information. The headings most likely to need updating as program statuses change are the İstif serial-production schedule and the implementation phase of the Indonesia contract.
Frequently asked questions
How many products does TAIS have?
The official product index lists more than fifty design pages including version variants. The main hulls with published numerical data are documented in the files of this cluster.
What is TAIS’s largest completed project?
As member-yard references, TCG Anadolu (Sedef) and TCG Derya (Sefine) stand out; the work under the consortium umbrella is the İstif-class serial production.
Have all the catalog designs been built?
No. The catalog largely consists of designs at the proposal stage; delivered examples are noted separately in the relevant files.
Are the USV-15 Marlin and the ASELSAN-Sefine MARLIN the same?
The TAIS catalog carries a page for an unmanned surface vehicle named USV-15 Marlin; the product’s relationship to other MARLIN programs is not officially disclosed.
When was the information in this cluster compiled?
All sources were accessed on August 13, 2026; program statuses reflect the open-source record as of that date.
Sources and verification note
The summary information in this guide is an index of data sourced file by file across the cluster; the main sources are below. Accessed: August 13, 2026.
- TAIS official website, product index: https://www.taisshipyards.com/en/products
- TAIS official website, about us: https://www.taisshipyards.com/en/about-us
- Turkish Wikipedia, “İstif sınıfı fırkateyn”: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0stif_s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f%C4%B1_f%C4%B1rkateyn
- Defense News, “Turkey chooses local shipyards to build three frigates” (24.01.2023): https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2023/01/24/turkey-chooses-four-shipyards-to-build-three-frigates/
- The Defense Post, “Turkey’s TAIS Signs $1B Frigate Agreement With Qatar’s Barzan for Indonesia” (21.01.2026): https://thedefensepost.com/2026/01/21/tais-frigate-agreement-indonesia/
- Mavi Vatan, “(A-1590) TCG Derya”: https://mavivatan.net/a-1590-tcg-derya-denizde-ikmal-muharebe-destek-gemisi/
- English Wikipedia, “Bayraktar-class tank landing ship”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayraktar-class_tank_landing_ship
