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Turkish Maritime Organization

Türkiye Denizcilik İşletmeleri - TDI

Last modified: 2020-05-31 by ivan sache
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House flag of the TMO - Image by Randy Young, 9 December 2014


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Presentation of TMO

Denizcilik Bankası T.A.O. (the Turkish Maritime Bank) was established in 1938. It was a state-owned bank established primarily to fund the nation's emerging maritime industry. The bank operated shipping lines such as Denizyolları, the Turkish Maritime Lines. Throughout the 20th century these lines ran passenger services to destinations in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Egypt, as well as other destinations in Europe. Turkey's merchant marine industry blossomed from the 1970s to the 1990s, and many of these cargo ships were owned by Denizcilik Bankası. In 1992, the Turkish government made a decision to consolidate many of their state-run banks and Denizcilik Bankası was merged with a bank called Emlakbank. Subsequent privatizations and mergers followed, and as of 2006 the bank is now owned by the French- Belgian entity Dexia. Some of the shipping and passenger lines that were operated by Denizcilik Bankası are still operating, including Turkish Maritime Lines (website), which remains the country's main car and passenger ferry line.
[National Maritime Museum]

Ivan Sache, 10 December 2014


House flag of TMO

The house flag of TMO (photo, photo) is a white rectangular flag with two crossed foul anchors in red, a crescent and star above (the Turkish national emblem).
The flag can be seen on the company's boats and in front of the corporate buildings.

Onur Özgün & Jarig Bakker, 12 August 2004

The Maritime Timetable Images website shows a similar pennant of the company as well as a flag with the emblem shifted towards the hoist. In tourist guide books you see the occasional photo with the the emblem in the flag's centre.

Jan Mertens & Ivan Sache, 15 December 2019