Yonca-Onuk Shipyard
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Native name | Yonca Teknik Tersanesi |
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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Şakir Yılmaztürk |
| Headquarters | Aydıntepe Kızılçam Sok. No:17, , Turkey |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Şakir Yılmaztürk (CEO) |
| Website | yoncashipyard |
40°50′53″N 29°17′37″E / 40.84794°N 29.29360°E
Yonca Shipyard (Turkish: Yonca Teknik Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Istanbul, Turkey in 1986. It builds fast patrol boats for the defence and law enforcement missions.[1]
The history of the building fast patrol craft goes back to 1986 when Dr. Ekber Onuk, an aviation engineer, and his partner Şakir Yılmaztürk decided to establish the Yonca Shipyard to enter shipbuilding industry.[2] Ekber Onuk's son Kaan, also an aviation engineer, who spent his childhood at the shipyard, built in 1989, a 15 m (49 ft)-long boat, named Yontech 45. An enclosed top version, designed by Nissan called Yontech 105, was awarded the bronze medal by the Industrial Design Society of America in 1992. In 1993, father and son Onuk decided to start a project called "Multi Role Tactical Platform" (MRTP) of developing a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) longer fast craft for armed military missions.[1] Kaan's classmate from the university and ship designer Erdoğan Ertekin joined the team.[2] The project came to standstill when the 22-year-old Kaan died in a road accident, and his sorrowed father stopped the works.[1]
In 1996, the Undersecretariat for Defence issued an international invitation to tender for the procurement of six fast patrol boats for the Turkish Coast Guard. Şakir Yılmaztürk convinced Ekber Onuk to resume the project. The fast patrol boat Onuk MRTP-15 won the bid.[1] The first Onuk MRTP-15 was launched in June 1998.[2] The vessels were named Kaan-class by the Turkish Coast Gard commemorating the late boat designer.[1]
