{"id":10953,"date":"2026-08-22T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/?p=10953"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:09:51","slug":"turkey-becomes-the-worlds-2nd-largest-superyacht-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/turkey-becomes-the-worlds-2nd-largest-superyacht-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Becomes the World’s 2nd Largest Superyacht Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkey has climbed to second place among the world’s superyacht-building nations, trailing only Italy and now ahead of the Netherlands<\/strong> \u2014 a milestone confirmed in T\u00fcrk Loydu’s 2024 Yacht Market Report and 2025 Yacht Industry Outlook, and echoed across the country’s shipbuilding sector. For a market that was widely cited as third-largest just a few years ago, the move to second is more than a ranking change. It’s a signal of where serious buyers should be looking.<\/p>\n

A decade of quiet, steady climbing<\/h2>\n

Turkey’s rise hasn’t happened overnight. Shipyards clustered around Tuzla and Yalova near Istanbul, along with facilities in Bodrum and Antalya, have spent the last decade building a reputation for combining semi-custom and full-custom construction at a price point that undercuts Western European yards without cutting corners on engineering.<\/p>\n

The numbers back up the trend. Turkish ship and yacht exports reached $1.912 billion in 2024<\/strong> and climbed to an all-time high of $2.243 billion in 2025<\/strong>. The momentum has carried into 2026, with exports in the first four months of the year up 103.8% year-on-year<\/strong>. Industry projections point toward $3.5 billion in exports within two years<\/strong>, with a forecast compound annual growth rate of 13.7% through 2030.<\/p>\n

The yard behind the headline: Turquoise Yachts and Angelique<\/h2>\n

If one delivery captures the moment, it’s ANGELIQUE<\/strong>, an 88-metre, 2,550 GT superyacht delivered by Turquoise Yachts<\/strong> in Pendik, Istanbul, in May 2026. It’s being described as the largest yacht ever built in Turkey \u2014 designed inside and out by H2 Yacht Design, with accommodation for 12 guests across seven cabins, a glass-fronted pool, and a wellness suite.<\/p>\n

“ANGELIQUE unequivocally marks a new standard of our ability,” said Burak Akg\u00fcl, CEO of Turquoise Yachts, at the delivery. It’s a fair summary of what the wider industry has been building toward: not just larger yachts, but yachts that compete on design and finish with anything coming out of Italy or the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Turquoise isn’t alone. Bilgin Yachts operates a 79,000 m\u00b2 facility in Yalova and has more than a dozen projects in build at any given time, including the upcoming 86-metre Bilgin 282. Numarine’s Gebze facility runs Europe’s largest 5-axis CNC machine and delivers up to a dozen semi-custom yachts a year. Sirena Yachts, Mengi Yay, and D\u00fcnya Yachts round out a cluster of builders that, together, account for a production capacity approaching 700,000 GT \u2014 over 90% of which is exported.<\/p>\n

What this means if you’re buying<\/h2>\n

For anyone shopping in the 25\u201350 metre range especially, the practical implications are straightforward:<\/p>\n

Build slots are opening at competitive lead times.<\/strong> As Turkish yards scale capacity, buyers are finding shorter waits than at some long-booked Italian and Dutch yards.<\/p>\n

Price-to-quality has shifted in the buyer’s favor.<\/strong> The same engineering and finish standards that once required a Western European price tag are increasingly available at a lower build cost, without the compromises buyers feared a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Aftercare is local.<\/strong> With most major yards clustered around Istanbul’s Tuzla and Yalova districts, refit, warranty work, and ongoing maintenance sit close to where the yacht was built \u2014 a genuine advantage for owners who plan to keep their vessel in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

Best Yachts Turkey’s view<\/h2>\n

We work directly with several of the yards driving this growth, and we’re seeing the shift reflected in buyer conversations: fewer questions about whether a Turkish-built yacht can compete, and more questions about which yard and which model fit a specific brief. If you’re considering a new build or evaluating a Turkish-built yacht already on the market, our team can walk you through current inventory, yard capacity, and realistic delivery timelines.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkey has climbed to second place among the world’s superyacht-building nations, trailing only Italy and now ahead of the Netherlands \u2014 a milestone confirmed in T\u00fcrk Loydu’s 2024 Yacht Market Report and 2025 Yacht Industry Outlook, and echoed across the country’s shipbuilding sector. For a market that was widely cited as third-largest just a few…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10961,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10953\/revisions\/10961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestyachts.net\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}