>Today almost thousands blogger users in Turkey had a very nasty shock. Their beloved blogs were out of their reach as a court in Diyarbakır ruled that access to blogger and to all the blogs it hosts should be blocked.The reason for this court rule is just plain greed.The decision of the court is based on a... Continue Reading →
> Fast ferries M/V Osman Gazi and M/V Orhan Gazi on their return trip to İstanbul. As of afternoon of 2. March. According to the PrimeMinister's Office, from 19 February till 2 March, Turkey hasevacuated 21.505 people from Libya. 2.982 of the evacuees are foreignnationals. The 1049 passengers onboard of ferry M/V Ankara are not included in the... Continue Reading →
> M/V Osman Gazi. Official photo. Yesterday the fast ferry M/V Orhan Gazi arrived in Ras Lanuf, to embark the evacuees in this port. After completing this task she proceeded to Benghazi to pick up additional evacuees. She has left Benghazi with 1209 passengers on board and is heading to Marmaris at the moment. Her sister M/V Osman Gazi... Continue Reading →
>Official photo from Turkish General Staff.The Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,Colonel-General Grigory Pedchenko is in Turkey for an official visit.Yesterday Colonel-General Pedchenko visited hisTurkish counterpart General Işık Koşaner.According to the Ukrainian side the parties discussedkey issues and future prospects of cooperation between the armedforces of both countries.Special attention was paid to the development... Continue Reading →
> It's nice to back at home. Yesterday evening, at 17:30 the frigate F-245 TCG Oruçreis docked at Marmaris harbor. The frigate was carrying 212 people evacuated from Libya's Benghazi port. Just short before midnight A-1600 TCG Iskenderun arrived in Marmaris harbor with 1528 evacuees from 26 nations. Both ships were on the way since 25 February.... Continue Reading →
>TCG Giresun and M/V AvramidThe Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun, foiled and attack of Somali pirates on the bulker M/V Kıran Asya on 27 February 2010.The Turkish flagged bulker, was on route to Iraq, 85 miles east off the coast of Oman when she was attacked by pirates.The helicopter of the frigate was rushed to the help of the merchant ship... Continue Reading →
>When on 22 December 2010, HS Papanikolis, first Type 214 submarine of Greek Navy, finally entered into active service, after a unique and long history of procurement, I thought the drama surrounding these submarines was eventually over.The Greek daily Ekathimerini proved that I was wrong. The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (S.D.O.E) of the Greek Ministry of Finance has conducted an investigation about the prorucement... Continue Reading →
> A-1600 TCG Iskenderun. According to the Ministryof Foreign Affairs, civilian ferries M/F Samsun and M/F Ankara areheading to Tripoli to pick up evacuees. In the meantime the fastferries M/F Osman Gazi and M/F Orhan Gazi, left Marmaris for a secondround and are heading to Libya again. M/F Osman Gazi will dock inMisurata and M/F... Continue Reading →
>Photo:Fabry PagliaraAccording to Voice Of Russia news portal, Russia's Emergency Minister Sergei Shoygu wants a Turkish warship to escort the ferry M/F Sveti Stefan II, evacuating Russians and citizens of other countries from Libya’s Ras Lanuf port.The Montenegrin ferry was chartered by Russian Federation and she is on her way to Libya. Russia expects Libya to let the vessel enter the... Continue Reading →
>While the attention in the Mediterranean is focused on the revolutions in the North Africa especially toward Libya this week, life goes on in other parts of the Mediterranean.The maritime task force (MTF) of UNIFIL has a new commander. Rear Admiral Luiz Henrique Caroli of Brazil assumed command of the MTF of UNIFIL,on 24 February... Continue Reading →
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