TİSAŞ

TİSAŞ (Trabzon Silah Sanayi AŞ)
Company type	Private
Industry	Firearms
Founded	1993; 31 years ago
Headquarters	Trabzon, Turkey
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Pistols, rifles
Website	Official website

TİSAŞ (Trabzon Silah Sanayi AŞ) is a Turkish firearm manufacturing company, mainly focused on manufacturing pistols. Its firearms are used worldwide by civilians, police and military.^[1]

History

TISAS was established in Trabzon in 1993. TİSAŞ is a KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization) and M.K.E (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) coordinated company. TİSAŞ foundation is settled on an open area of 11,000 m² in Arsin Trabzon Organized Industry Zone and total covered area of the facilities is 5,500 m². TİSAŞ founded its Ankara District Office in 1998 to meet increasing demand and to execute foreign trade operations.

TİSAŞ began to produce its first pistol, the 7.65 mm Fatih 13, in 1994. In 1998, TİSAŞ decided to manufacture 9×19 mm pistols as well, with a view to meet market demand. Joint studies were carried out within the scope of the Eastern Black Sea Weapon Project by the R & D Department at TİSAŞ and the Black Sea Technical University KOSGEB Technology Development Department. As a result, TİSAŞ began to produce 9×19 mm KANUNİ 16 pistols with a capacity of 15 as of 1999. In 2000, TİSAŞ began to manufacture the KANUNİ S and ZİGANA M16 series of Turkish-patented pistols. In 2003, ZİGANA K and ZİGANA T models have been added to the TİSAŞ pistol models. In 2004, USA Firearms Technology Branch examined the models ZİGANA M16, ZİGANA K, ZİGANA T and found each one to have the characteristics in conformity with the ATF Form 4590^{[clarification needed]}, "Factoring Criteria for Weapons". At the end of the year 2005, a new model ZİGANA SPORT was offered for sale. In 2006, TİSAŞ has completed the R&D and the tests for the first .45 caliber gun of Turkey, ZİGANA C45 and introduce to the market at the beginning of 2007. Within the same year, 9×19 mm ZİGANA F and new version FATİH 13 .380 ACP models were offered to sale.^[2]^[3]