On January 23, 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave a speech at a ceremony in Istanbul marking the launch of one warship for the Turkish navy and the beginning of con On January 23, 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave a speech at a ceremony in Istanbul marking the launch of one warship for the Turkish navy and the beginning of construction of another for the Pakistani navy.[1] Both ships are being constructed under the Turkish navy's national warship construction project, MILGEM.