MILDEN project
{{Short description|National submarine program of Turkey}}
The MILDEN project (Turkish: Milli Denizaltı Projesi; English: National Submarine Project) is a multi-year military design and procurement project to develop indigenous air-independent power attack submarines, intended to be commissioned into the Turkish Navy in the 2030s. MILDEN is being designed in the Gölcük Naval Shipyard, where the concept design was completed in 2022, and the "preliminary design phase, in which the main and auxiliary systems [will be] elaborated in detail" began in September 2022.
{{asof|2022|08}}, Turkey planned to start the construction of the first submarine in 2025. MILDEN is a diesel-electric submarine of approximately 2,700 tonnes displacement, and over {{convert|80|m}} in length.{{cite news |title=First Details On Turkiye's Future MILDEN Submarine |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/08/first-details-on-turkiyes-future-milden-submarine/ |work=Naval News|last=Ozberk |first=Tayfun |date=30 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022}}
The construction of the first MILDEN-class submarine started on January 2, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/01/turkish-navy-starts-construction-of-3-major-projects-mugem-aircraft-carrier-tf-2000-destroyer-and-milden/|title=Turkish Navy starts construction of 3 major projects: MUGEM Aircraft Carrier, TF-2000 Destroyer, MILDEN Submarine|author=Tayfun Ozberk|publisher=Naval News|website=navalnews.com|date=2 January 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-02 |title=Turkiye Begins MILDEN, TF-2000, and MUGEM Constructions {{!}} TURDEF |url=https://turdef.com/article/turkiye-begins-milden-tf-2000-and-mugem-constructions |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=turdef.com |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/turkish-naval-ambitions-realized-construction-of-milden-submarine-and-carrier-starts|title=Turkish Naval Ambitions Realized: Construction of MİLDEN Submarine and Carrier Starts|website=armyrecognition.com|publisher=Army Recognition Group - Global Defense News|date=3 January 2025}}
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- {{Cite web |last=Bilgen |first=Mustafa Emir |date=2023-04-05 |title=Milli Denizaltı (MİLDEN) Projesi |url=https://mavivatan.net/milli-denizalti-milden-projesi/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Mavi Vatan |language=tr}}
- {{Cite web |title=MİLDEN Projesinde Test Bloğu İnşasına Mart Ayında Başlanılması Bekleniyor |url=https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/milden-projesinde-test-blogu-insasina-mart-ayinda-baslanilmasi-bekleniyor-5870 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.defenceturkey.com}}
- {{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=MİLDEN Denizaltısının program takvimi açıklandı |url=https://www.savunmasanayist.com/milden-denizaltisinin-program-takvimi-aciklandi/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |language=tr}}