With the donations of the citizens of Istanbul and Izmir collected in between 1924-1925 an order for two Ro.III were placed to the German firm located in Danemark in 1926. The planes which arrived within the same year were given the serials 1201 and 1202 and the names “Istanbul” and “Izmir” . The planes served at the 1st and 3rd Dz. Ty Bl (Seaplane Co.) and in 1928 they were transferred to the 31st Dz.Ty.Bl. They were written off in 1934.
