[2][note 1] The torpedo boats of the Akhisar-class were ordered by the Ottoman Empire from Italy in December 1902 and a contract was signed that month for the delivery of two vessels.

[5] On August 29, 1914, the ship with a German officer, Oberleutnant zur See Frige on board left the Dardanelles and went under Imbros on a reconnaissance mission.

The torpedo boat was stopped by British ships and the crew was informed that the Entente had begun a blockade of the Turkish Straits.

[6] In 1915, the ship's depleted engine room allowed it to reach a top speed of 14 knots, and the crew size was increased to 43 (4 Germans and 39 Turks).

[2] On 18 May 1915, Akhisar escorted three ferries loaded with soldiers and ammunition, which became the target of an attack by a British submarine operating in the Sea of Marmara, HMS E11.

[7] On October 24, near Gallipoli, Akhisar detected a British submarine (HMS E12) returning to base, which was forced to make an emergency dive, descending to a dangerous depth of 76 meters.

On 22 January 1918, Akhisar and the destroyers Taşoz and Numûne-i Hamiyet were based in Çanakkale, ready to protect the stranded battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim from attack by enemy submarines.