From the Last Period of Ottoman Empire to the Republic Turkish navy and Welfare Disaster

The ottoman empire which closed its age by the Mondros Truce, like land armies, also its naval forces which were low, were captured, its navy to Haliç, its navy?s weapons were locked in bunkers.Most of the naval officers who were heedless from conflict went to Anatolia, the others who stayed in İstanbul established secret organizations, so they helped Anatolia liberation conflict by giving feeding, weapon, munition and other demands. Some of the naval officers who reached to Ankara, stayed for the desk job in Ankara, most of them contributed to the war by building lookout, bringing down- loading at the beaches, by establishing military schools, by reaching inventory of all kinds which was coming from Black Sea line to Ankara, sometimes by fighting.New Turkish State Which entered a new restructuring by the proclamation of the republic, gave importance to the navy and wanted various countries to produce naval warfare tools for renewing its navy with limited opportunities.The Turkish government which saw the approach of the Second World War, expedited weapon procurement, for this reason, four destroyers and four submarines to Britain were ordered. The most critical period of the Second World War in 1941, delivery of these ships come to the fore, for this reason, total 201 people who included officer, noncommissioned officer, second lieutenant, student and ship personnels were set out by welfare ship which was an old cargo ship ? A torpedo and freighter which were coming from the sea (40 miles from Mersin) divided into two and total 168 people died in the Mediterranean. 32 people saved themselves by the help of a raft and wood items. The event which was known as `welfare disaster? in Turkish maritime history isn?t still exactly clearKey Words: Welfare Disaster, Welfare Freighter, Submarine, Naval Forces, Navy, Naval Force, Zeki Işın