> TCG Iskenderun in Benghazi. Courtesy of Turkish General Staff Today, on 26 February2010, frigate F-245 TCG Oruçreis and ferry TCG Iskenderun leftBenghazi with 1738 people on board. TCG Oruçreis has 210person, 122 Turkish 90 from USA, Bosnia, Poland, Serbia, Macedoniaand Romania. TCG Iskenderun has 1528person on board, 1099 Turkish, 427 from Vietnam, Bosnia, Macedonia,South... Continue Reading →
>The wind chart of Gulf of Sidra. Source: http://www.weatheronline.co.ukThe adverse windconditions in the Mediterranean makes evacuation of foreigners fromLibya by sea difficult.This morning a galewarning was made by Athens' meteorological center valid from 04:30this morning til 16:00. The both fast ferries M/FOsman Gazi and M/F Orhan Gazi are still in Marmaris, waiting for abetter sea conditions.The... Continue Reading →
> Last night (23.2.2010) at 23:45 the first ferry M/F Orhan Gazi carrying 1516 person arrived in Marmaris after a 19 hours trip from Benghazi. Two hours later the second ferry M/F Osman Gazi carrying 1512 person arrived in Marmaris too. Both have a seating for 1250 persons. And as they are used for short... Continue Reading →
>According to Turkish Foreign Ministry, the fast ferry M/F Orhan Gazi departed from Benghazi 03:30 this morning and her sister M/F Osman Gazi at 05:00. Both are heading to Marmaris, Muğla the nearest Turkish town with sufficient harbor capacity and a large airport nearby. They are each carrying 1500 passengers 250 more than sitting capacity.... Continue Reading →
> As Libya plunges more into a kaos and heads towards a potential civil / tribal war the efforts to evacuate Turkish citizens from Libya continues. According to news coming from Libya the airport of Benghazi is destroyed. Thus evacuation from the sea seems to be one of the possibilities. The other one is over land transport... Continue Reading →
>During the IDEX 2011, Murad BAYAR, Undersecretary for Defence Industries announced that a protocol on production of STAMP systems in United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be signed between two countries.In IDEX 2009, UAE awarded an USD 125 million contract to build 34 fast interceptors to Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB). The Turkish shipyard Yonca Onuk is the... Continue Reading →
According to a source on location, A-1600 TCG İskenderun left Mersin this morning and is heading to Libya, to pick up the trapped Turkish citizens. It is estimated that there are 25.000 Turkish citizens in Libya currently mostly working at the projects of the Turkish construction companies. The daily Hürriyet reported that till yesterday, 581... Continue Reading →
>The biggest NATO anti submarine warfare exercise Proud Manta was conducted in the Ionian Sea to the Southeast of Sicily and ended yesterday, 17 February 2011.NATO has uploaded an interesting video about the exercise.
>Last week 10thHigh Criminal court of Istanbul issued arrest warrants for 163officers of Turkish Armed forces in connection with the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) case.106 of the officers,arrested, are currently serving in the armed forces. Some of themwere arrested last year again in connection with the Balyoz case butlater they were released as the court decided it... Continue Reading →
>News from the 3 day Inward Mission from Turkey Naval sector organised by UKTI DSO has started to leak.It was meant a way to promote business to business relations between Turkey and UK, especially on naval projects. I have already reported about it here and here.The first informations surfacing on the media however caught me... Continue Reading →
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