The Directorate General of Coastal Safety (DGCS, Turkish: Kıyı Emniyeti Genel Müdürlüğü, KEGM) has been established by the Turkish Republic Council Of Ministers’ decision on 12 May 1997 as a General Directorate and State owned Organization. The mission of the foundation is to assist and improve the safety of navigation in Turkish Waters. The organization’s core competences are: It was the first time to establish a lighthouse within the Turkish coasts in 1856’s. After the signing of franchise agreement at that time made between Ottoman State and French, lighthouse services were managed under the name of “General Management of Lighthouses Administration” and then Lighthouses Administration was purchased by the Government by resolution 3302 and assigned to Denizbank on 01.01.1938. More information...
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