The shipyard mostly builds amphibious warfare ships as part of the defense industry.

The company was initially active at Haliç Taşkızak in Golden Horn, Istanbul.

Other ship designs include Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of lengths 70–90 m (230–300 ft), Fast attack crafts (FAC) and Landing Platform Docks (LPD).

Project planning for eight 80 m (260 ft)-long LCTs was accomplished in 2009 and the first ships were laid down in early 2010.

[12] In October 2020,the 90 m (300 ft)-long Al Doha (QTS-91) of the Qatari Emiri Navy, the first of the two-armed Cadet Training Ships that were ordered in 2018,[13][14] was launched.

[18] In 2020, India's state-owned Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam signed a contract with Anadolu Shipyard for a technology transfer project[19] despite concerns that emerged in India in 2019 that Indian-rival and Turkey-friendly Pakistan could prevent such a defense-industry-related business relationship.