Piri Reis University

Our founding foundation, the Turkish Maritime Education Foundation (TÜDEV), set out with the aim of meeting the need for seafarers in Türkiye, assisting existing maritime educational institutions, activating an educational institution that trains seafarers, and establishing a university (when conditions permit) as stated in the foundation charter, and for this purpose, it has primarily provided the necessary financial support to Maritime Faculties and other maritime educational institutions. The foundation continues to provide this support.

Our founding foundation established its own training center, Tüdev Maritime Training Center, in March 1995, and 2100 officers have been trained in this center to date.

TÜDEV, in its extraordinary general assembly meeting held on December 4, 2003, decided that the Maritime Education Center would continue to provide services as the "Turkish Maritime University" at the higher education level and started its work.

After long efforts, TC PİRİ REİS UNIVERSITY, which gained legal personality with the law published in the Official Gazette on February 8, 2008, was established and contributed to Turkish and World Maritime.