29/08/2026
The Savarona is one of Türkiye’s most historically significant yachts. Built in 1931 by the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, she was originally commissioned by American heiress Emily Roebling Cadwalader and was among the world’s largest private yachts of her era.
In 1938, the Turkish government purchased Savarona for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first President of the Republic of Türkiye. Atatürk spent the final weeks of his active life aboard the yacht, using it as a presidential residence and workplace on the Bosphorus before his health deteriorated.
Today, Savarona is preserved as an important symbol of Turkish Republican and maritime history, closely associated with Atatürk and the final period of his life.
