For the six submarines, the chosen names are TCG "Pirireis", TCG "Hızırreis", TCG "Muratreis", TCG "Aydınreis", TCG "Seydialireis" and TCG "Selmanreis", after the 16th-century Ottoman Navy admirals Piri Reis, Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis, Murat Reis the Elder, Aydın Reis, Seydi Ali Reis and Selman Reis.