Editing Turkish Naval Forces (section)

===Undersecretariat of the Sea===
Following the dissolution of the Ministry of the Navy, the naval forces were reorganized under the Ministry of National Defense<ref name="Diyanet"/> and on 16 January 1928<ref name="DZKK Tarihce"/> the ''Undersecretariat of the Sea'' (''Deniz Müsteşarlığı'') was established in order to undertake the duties of the former Ministry of the Navy.<ref name="Cevat"/><!--[http://aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-8042-34-bahriye-maresal-cakmaka-kirgin.html Erkan Acar, 'Bahriye, Mareşal Çakmak'a kırgın...'], ''Aksiyon'', 4 August 2001.---> With this new reorganization, the Turkish Fleet Command was put under the command of the [[Turkish General Staff]] in terms of administration and logistics.<ref name=historyTN/> On 2 November 1930, the ''Naval War College'' (''Deniz Harp Akademisi'') commenced training and education of Staff Officers at its facilities in the [[Yıldız Palace]].<ref name=historyTN/> During [[World War II]], the naval schools were temporarily relocated from [[Istanbul]] to [[Mersin]] for security reasons and conducted education and training activities in this city.<ref name=historyTN/>

In 1933, with the approval of the [[Turkish Grand National Assembly]], [[Gölcük, Kocaeli|Gölcük]] was designated as the main base of the Turkish Navy.<ref name=historyTN/> In the same year, the first new ship built at the [[Gölcük Naval Shipyard]], the tanker TCG ''Gölcük'', was laid down; and launched the following year.<ref name=historyTN/> With the signing of the [[Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits|Montreux Convention]] in 1936, Turkey's sovereignty over the [[Turkish Straits]] was internationally recognized, and ''Fortified Area Commands'' were founded on the [[Bosphorus]] and [[Dardanelles]] straits, with Naval Detachments assigned to these Commands.<ref name=historyTN/>