Evidence for decisions that cannot wait
An independent research center working on marine ecosystems, coastal engineering, maritime technology and climate — with the institutions that have to act on the findings.
Our mission is evidence without a paywall. We run long-horizon research programmes and publish every method, dataset and null result in the open.
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Research areas
We monitor ecosystem health in the Marmara and Black Sea through long-running measurement series. Three questions sit at the centre of the work: where the pollution load comes from, how oxygen in the water column is changing, and how that change registers in living communities.
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We study how coastal structures behave under wave loading, using physical modelling and numerical simulation together. The group's output often goes straight into practice: breakwater cross-sections, harbour entrance layouts and beach nourishment schemes.
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This is the centre's highest-volume line by publication count. Three subjects run alongside each other: ship hydrodynamics, the emissions load of maritime transport, and navigational safety.
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We study the measurable traces of climate change along the coasts of Türkiye. The questions rest on long-series analysis rather than short-term forecasting: how fast sea level is rising, whether the wave climate is shifting, and how much carbon coastal systems hold.
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The fisheries and aquaculture line is the centre's newest unit; as of 2026 the posts are being filled and the first field campaigns are being planned. That is why the publication count on this page is low: the line's own output is still forming.
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News
POYRAZ fitted with a new multibeam echosounder
Shallow-water resolution doubled; the first campaign sails in September.
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Marmara oxygen series opens to public access
Two years of hourly data from twelve stations, calibration records included.
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Joint unit on long-term marine data opens with the National Registry
Governed access to 41 years of linked measurement series, under a new public oversight board.
Events
Physical modelling workshop: wave overtopping on coastal structures
Two days, hands-on, aimed at municipal and design-office engineers.
People behind the work
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Taner Coşgun Director, Yildiz Technical University, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 10 Publications
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Ahmet Yurtseven Deputy Director, Yildiz Technical University, Marine Engineering Operations 6 Publications
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Cihan Şahin Deputy Director, Yildiz Technical University, Civil Engineering 24 Publications
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Ümit Güneş
Board Member, Yildiz Technical University, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
2 Publications
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Barış Sevim
Board Member, Yildiz Technical University, Civil Engineering
Work with us
Doctoral places, visiting fellowships, institutional partnerships and open calls — the four ways most collaborations start.