[1] The establishment of Taşkızak Naval Shipyard started on 15 December 1455 on the order of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481).
It was called Ottoman Turkish: Tersâne-i Âmire) for "Imperial Shipyard", where "tersane" was derived from Italian: darsena for English: "dock".
During the Ottoman era, large shipyards were established on the northern coastline of the Golden Horn, merging the smaller Byzantine ones.
[2] In the 16th century, Ottoman governor Güzelce Kasım Pasha was tasked with the bringing of craftsmen and journeymen from the Gallipoli Shipyard to reinforce the Tersane-i Amire.
During the service time of Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, many shipbuilding masters from Algeria and Tunisia were transferred to the shipyard.
[1] The two bridges were closed to vehicle traffic, and opened from midnight to the morning hours to allow a bulk carrier under construction and the floating dry docks with lifting capacities of 2,500 and 3,500 tonnes to be transported to their new locations.