Iskenderun Naval Base

Iskenderun Naval Base (Turkish: İskenderun Deniz Üssü) is a base of the Turkish Navy on the north-eastern coast of Mediterranean Sea, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) east by north-east of İskenderun, Hatay Province in southern Turkey.

The base command hosts the largest of three naval training centers of Turkey, the Iskenderun Naval Training Center, located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) south of İskenderun on the motorway O-53 / E91.

[3] At the Iskenderun 1st Seamen Training Brigade (Turkish: Iskenderun 1ci Deniz Er Eğitim Alayı), Between 2,500 and 5,000 recruits are trained twice a year[4][5][6][7] in shipboard duties and also marine operations that last 45 days.

[8] Other two naval training centers, both in battalion size, are located in Sarıyer, Istanbul and in İzmir.

[1] The museum, housed in a two-store building used since 1942 as the headquarters of the Iskenderun Naval Base Command,[10] consists of nine exhibition halls covering a total area of 630 m2 (6,800 sq ft) and two workshops.