Vira Magazine is a national publication intended for the maritime sector.
Vira is differentiated from other publications in the sector with its rich content, superior design and professional staff consisting of journalists (such as Coşkun Aral, Sunay Akın, Serpil Yılmaz, Celal Toprak, Mithat Bereket) and is the only magazine addressing the maritime related general public.
For this purpose, Vira is following every component of the sector; ship owners, classification institutions, ship supply industry, marinas, yacht and boat manufacturing, ports, all private and public maritime organizations and bringing the latest developments in these fields to its readers. In addition, Vira also covers many diverse topics related to the seas and maritime such as the news from the international sector, maritime legislation in the EU process, new technologies, maritime fashion, water sports, underwater world, non-governmental efforts, maritime medicine, underwater technology, maritime law, maritime art and maritime literature.
In short, VİRA MAGAZINE addresses all issues of historical accumulation of human’s relation with the sea and maritime that are reflected to the human conscious.
Published monthly for five years now, Vira is published in 10.000 copies. Our magazine is delivered in return of signature to all components of the sector, including policy makers and purchasing managers of all dockyards, ports, marinas, yacht and boat manufacturers, side industry companies and leading enterprises of the marine sector in Turkey; Presidency and Prime Ministry, related Ministries, bureaucrats, parliament members, General Staff Presidency and forces commanderships, industry and trade chambers of 25 cities, non-profit organizations, media institutions, chairmen of board of directors of companies, number of intellectuals and artists.
VİRA, with the interviews it made since its establishment, has added many important names to its crew. Some of these names are; 9th President of Turkish Republic Süleyman Demirel, Erdal İnönü, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister Hayati Yazıcı, Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım, Minister of State Kürşat Tüzmen, Former Istanbul MP Cengiz Kaptanoğlu, Undersecretary of Culture and Tourism Ministry İsmet Yılmaz, Undersecretary of Maritime Hasan Naiboğlu, Chairman of TOBB (The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey) Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Businessmen Rahmi Koç, Nevzat Kalkavan, Cefi Kamhi, Mehmet Kalkavan, Fuat Miras, Kahraman Sadıkoğlu, Şadan Kaptanoğlu, Chairman of MÜSİAD Ömer Cahid Vardan, Chairman of ISO (Istanbul Chamber of Industry) Tanıl Küçük, Eşref Cerrahoğlu, Chairman of DTO (Chamber of Shipping) Metin Kalkavan, Chairman of ITO (Istanbul Chamber of Trade) Murat Yalçıntaş, Oğuz Satıcı, Ali Torlak, Yaşar Kemal, Ara Güler, Leading Journalists Mehmet Ali Birand, Savaş Ay, Mithat Bereket, Çetin Altan, Güneri Civaoğlu, Kadir Çelik, Fatih Altaylı, Kazım Kanat, Mahmut Övür, Oğuz Haksever, Ahmet Hakan, Reha Muhtar, Yalçın Doğan, Famous artists Yıldız Kenter, Leman Sam, Müjdat Gezen, Lale Mansur, Metin Akpınar, İzzet Günay, Hülya Koçyiğit, Gani Müjde, Nilüfer, Kayahan, Fatih Erkoç, Oktay Kaynarca, Çağla Kubat, Bennu Yıldırımlar and many more important names ...
