Shipyard · New build & refit
Dunya Yachts
Custom builder and refit yard on Tuzla Bay, Istanbul, set up in its current form in 2005 by Sedat Ergün. New-build output has been small but large, with Axioma (2013) and the explorer King Benji (2024), and an 87.5 m Tim Heywood design, Project Faith (DY012), is in build. It also runs Turkey's only covered, climate-controlled dry dock.
Yachts built by Dunya Yachts →Key facts
- Parent
- Private — founder Sedat Ergün
- Country
- Turkey
- Founded
- 2005 (Superyacht Partners, Denison, SYBAss); YachtBuyer gives 1985; SYBAss notes the waterfront site dates to 1950
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- 46.7–72.5 delivered; up to 87.5 in build; yard states capacity up to 100
- Largest delivered
- Axioma (ex-Red Square), 72–73 (BOAT 72.5, Superyacht Partners 72, yard site/Denison 73), 2013
- Yachts delivered
- not published (two new-build deliveries identified: Axioma 2013, King Benji 2024; refits on 25+ yachts up to 136 m per Superyacht Investor, Jan 2025)
Notable yachts
- Axioma · 72.5, 2013
- King Benji · 46.7, 2024
- refits: Savarona (136, Blohm & Voss), Titania (73, Lürssen), Capri · 58.6, Lürssen
Services
- custom new build
- refit and conversion
- 5-year and class surveys
- paint
- engine room and systems overhaul
- rewiring
- interior modification
- collision repair
- classic yacht restoration
- GRP/carbon work (20 m oven)
Haul-out
| Travel lift | not published |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | not published |
| Dry / floating dock | covered climate-controlled dry dock for yachts up to 60 m LOA (yard facilities page, SYBAss; CharterWorld 2010 said up to 80 m); floating dock 5,000 t (yard facilities page) |
| Max LOA handled (m) | 100 (yard facilities page) for build; refits up to 136 (Savarona) |
| Max tonnage handled | 5,000 t floating dock capacity |
| Sheds / berths | 30,000 m² site; build sheds 80 m and 110 m long (YachtBuyer: 75 m and 110 m) plus a shed for yachts to 40 m; 18,000 m² climate-controlled sheds; 3,500 m² workshops; 180 m of quay |
Sources
- dunyayachts.com — https://www.dunyayachts.com/facilities
- dunyayachts.com — https://www.dunyayachts.com/refit
- superyachtinvestor.com — https://www.superyachtinvestor.com/opinion/dunya-yachts-king-benji-builder-rides-turkish-wave/
- boatinternational.com — https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/king-benji-yacht-delivered
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.