MILGEM project

MILGEM project is a warship program of the Turkish government. The term ‘milgem’ means ‘national ship’ in Turkish. It is a project for development of multi-purpose corvettes and frigates. Recently, the welding ceremony of a MILGEM class corvette ship, meant for the Pakistan Navy, was held at Istanbul Naval Shipyard. Turkey has a contract for 4 such vessels with Pakistan. It is considered as a milestone in the Pakistan- Turkey relations.