The military shipyards located in the Marmara Region have maintained their strategic importance since

their establishment. However, they have remained in an inconvenient position in terms of operation and

intelligence among the expanding settlements and urban development areas. Despite ongoing defense projects

and the need for national warships, which are currently being produced by various domestic enterprises

operating within public-private partnerships, there is a pressing need for new national projects, in addition to

maintenance and overhaul requirements. Although current defense projects and the increasing need for national

warship production continue through public-private partnerships, new projects and maintenance requirements

highlight the necessity of a new naval shipyard to share the workload of Gölcük Shipyard, which lost capacity

due to the 1999 earthquake, and Istanbul Shipyard, primarily engaged in maintenance, repair, and military

survey activities. While numerous studies have examined the location of civilian shipyards at various points in

time, the absence of a comprehensive analysis of military shipyard location within the defense industry

underscores the significance of this study. The objective of this study is twofold: first, to review the extant

literature on civilian shipyard site selection and to determine the weighted criteria employed in these studies;

and second, to determine special criteria for military shipyard site selection and to identify a suitable military

shipyard location in the Marmara Sea South Coastal Region in the light of these criteria. As a methodology, this

study employed a combination of interviews with military experts and a literature review. The binding criteria

determined as a result of these methods are as follows: (1) Strategic and Protected Geographical Location, (2)

Distance to Heavy Industry Establishments and Suppliers, (3) Diversity of Transportation Modes, (4) Access to

Energy Resources, (5)Distance to Other Shipyards and Military Units, (6) Skilled Labor, (7 ) Outer Periphery

Land Opportunity Closed to Settlement and Operation, (8) Distance to Settlements, (9) Public Land Scale and

Expropriation Capacity, (10)Geological Structure, (11) Tolerant Socio-Cultural Structure, (12) Environmental

Impacts. Based on the identified criteria, Altıntaş-Gemlik/Bursa was determined as the most suitable location

for the new naval shipyard, followed by Taşköprü/Yalova.