Türkiye Deploys Osman Gazi Platform to Expand Black Sea Energy Production
(MENAFN) Türkiye is advancing its offshore energy ambitions with the deployment of the Osman Gazi floating production platform to the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says in a video message delivered on Saturday.
"Today, we are opening a brand-new page in our energy history. We are sending Osman Gazi, essentially a floating industrial facility, off to its duty station in the Black Sea," Erdogan says in a recorded address to a ceremony marking the platform’s departure from Filyos Port in Zonguldak province.
The Turkish president recalls announcing in July 2024 that the country would obtain its first floating production platform. In May 2025, the vessel, named Osman Gazi, was transferred from Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul to Filyos as part of preparations for its deployment.
Erdogan presents the platform as a landmark project within Türkiye’s maritime strategy, describing it as the first production facility associated with the country’s Blue Homeland vision under the Century of Türkiye initiative.
"Osman Gazi is the first factory of the Blue Homeland, the maritime counterpart of our Century of Türkiye vision," he says.
The president expresses hope that the platform will contribute to the country’s development and benefit its population. He also thanks those involved in bringing the project to completion and wishes success to the personnel who will operate the facility.
"Today, we are opening a brand-new page in our energy history. We are sending Osman Gazi, essentially a floating industrial facility, off to its duty station in the Black Sea," Erdogan says in a recorded address to a ceremony marking the platform’s departure from Filyos Port in Zonguldak province.
The Turkish president recalls announcing in July 2024 that the country would obtain its first floating production platform. In May 2025, the vessel, named Osman Gazi, was transferred from Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul to Filyos as part of preparations for its deployment.
Erdogan presents the platform as a landmark project within Türkiye’s maritime strategy, describing it as the first production facility associated with the country’s Blue Homeland vision under the Century of Türkiye initiative.
"Osman Gazi is the first factory of the Blue Homeland, the maritime counterpart of our Century of Türkiye vision," he says.
The president expresses hope that the platform will contribute to the country’s development and benefit its population. He also thanks those involved in bringing the project to completion and wishes success to the personnel who will operate the facility.
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