The Turkish defence plans according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 7

Turkish Yavuz Sultan Selim (ex-German Goeben)

An item referred to the magazine Revista Marittime dated September 1938 reporting that the Turkish defence policy included the strengthening of the defence works at the Dardanelles, the reinforcement of some islands in the Aegean Sea like Imbros and Tenedos and part of the coastline of Anatolia. At Izmir/Smyrna was a important marine airbase planned and at Guldjuk was a dock under construction large enough to docktthe 25.000 measuring Yavouz.(1)

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1. German Moltke-class battle cruiser Goeben. Sister ship Moltke. Building ordered on 8 April 1909, laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 28 August 1909, launched on 28 March 1911, commissioned on 2 July 1912, handed over to the Turkish government on 16 August 1914, renamed Yavuz Sultan Selim and commissioned in the Turkish navy. Decommissioned on 20 December 1950, renamed Yavuz in 1935, stricken on 14 November 1954 and finally broken up in 1973.