Turkey is in a very turbulent situation since the failed coup attempt last Saturday.
There is a lot of information, misinformation and disinformation about the things happened during the last weekend. One of the is the story about 14 missing warship of Turkish Navy.
As far as I know the story was originated in British newspapers and spread like a wild-fire.
Several Turkish navy ships are still unaccounted for, their commanders suspected to be among the plotters who sought to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Admiral Veysel Kosele, the commander of the Turkish navy, has not been heard from since the failed coup on Friday, a source told The Times.
It is currently unknown whether he was part of the coup or was tricked on to the boat after coup plotters told him there was a terrorist attack and then taken hostage, local media reports suggested.
The 14 missing ships were reportedly on active duty in either the Aegean or the Black Sea and have not tried to make contact with naval headquarters or report back to the port.
It is suspected they may be heading to Greek ports. On Saturday, eight Turkish military officers took a helicopter to Greece to seek asylum.
Despite several days the sources that originated this story failed to show evidence such as the names of the missing ships or more details about them to further support their story.
There are also some gross factual errors in the story. Admiral Kösele is the Commander of Turkish Fleet. Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu is the Commander of Turkish Naval Forces. And the Command of Turkish Fleet is one of the subcommands of the Naval Forces. And the whereabouts of Admiral Kösele is well know. He was interned on board of TCG Yavuz for a couple of hours and he was released later.
The Black Sea and the Aegean are too small for 14 ships to hide. Furthermore there Greek and Russian Armed Forces are tracking the movement of Turkish warships. They would announce to the world, with a lot of Schadenfreude, if there where any Turkish ships in their ports.
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just got the news from Ukrainian media that TCG YAVUZ, which was planned to take part in joint ‘Sea Breeze’ exercise, is actually to be substituted by another ship – probably due to recent events… this info is said to be received from the Turkish Naval command…
Good post. The press is often used as a front for disinformation, and this shouldn’t surprise anyone. With social media and many ignorant users, ignorant editors [esp. in newspapers] it is easy to see how this can spread like wildfire.
TCG Bozcaada (F500) entered Odesa for SEA BREEZE, no sights of Yavuz …
or might be only a youtube from last year …
TCG Yıldırım took part in this year’s event. :-) The photos and videos showing TCG Bozcaada are from last year. :-)
THESE RENEGE TURKISH NAVY WARSHIPS NEED TO RETURN TO HIS HOMELAND AND PUT UNDER TURKISH NAVAL AUTHORITIES.
Great post, and good to see you here on WordPress. :-)