Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkiye is opening a new chapter in its energy history with the deployment of the Osman Gazi floating production platform to the Black Sea.

Axar.az reports, citing Anadolu Agency, that Erdogan said this in a video message sent to a ceremony marking the platform's departure from Filyos Port in Zonguldak province.

"Today, we are opening a brand-new page in our energy history. We are sending Osman Gazi, essentially a floating industrial facility, off to its duty station in the Black Sea," he said.

Erdogan said he had announced in July 2024 that Turkiye would acquire its first floating production platform. In May 2025, the platform, named Osman Gazi, was sent from Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul to Filyos.

He described the platform as the first production facility of the Blue Homeland, Turkiye's maritime vision under its Century of Turkiye initiative.

"Osman Gazi is the first factory of the Blue Homeland, the maritime counterpart of our Century of Turkiye vision," he said.

Erdogan expressed his hope that the platform would provide beneficial services to the country and its people, thanked everyone who contributed to the project, and wished success to the personnel who will work aboard it.