>Supreme Military Board, has elected Admiral Eşref Uğur Yiğit, Commander of Turkish Naval Fleet, as the new Commander of Turkish Navy.Admiral Yiğit, was born in İstanbul in 1945. After graduating as a junior ensign from the Naval Academy in 1966 he started serving in the Turkish Navy.Having served on board various destroyers as branch officer... Continue Reading →
>Turkish General Staff announced today that 7 pirates were arrested by Turkish naval special forces team from TCG Gediz. The skiff was suspicious therefore TCG Gediz was ordered to intervene before a crime was committed. The intervention happened at around 14:00 and the helicopter of the frigate also assisted the naval commandos. This is the... Continue Reading →
>This week the Turkish daily Akşam ran an interesting story. According to the story from now on Turkish Coast Guard personnel will be on board of Turkish warships sent to Gulf of Aden. Turkish jurisdiction gives Coast Guard personnel the power to arrest and detain people on high seas.Currently TCG Gediz is send to the... Continue Reading →
>The ransom negotiations for the M/V Horizon -1 is going on. After being hijacked the ship was taken to Eyl.In the mean time a small video of the ship has appeared on Turkish media and maritime portals. The source of the video is not certain. It was made from a plane with a semi cantilever... Continue Reading →
>A quick reference about the active ships, ongoing building programs and planned acquisitions of the Turkish Navy. (Click on the picture to enlarge it)A detailed version of the above list: (Click on the picture to enlarge it)
>The four ships of SNMCMG2 are making a visit in Antalya.F-585 ITS Granatiere, the flagship of SNMCMG-2; M-63 HS Kallisto, Greek minehunter,M-5558 ITS Crotone, Italian minehunter and M-268 TCG Akçakoca, Turkish minehunter are currently in Antalya for a well deserved port visit. SNMCMG-2 spend the previous 10 days off and in Suez Canal.The ships will... Continue Reading →
>NATO's top commander Admiral Stavridis, visited Turkey on 24 July 2009.Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ and U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) discussed matters that are particular concern to NATO, Turkish Armed Forces and U.S. Armed Forces, according to a statement made after the meeting.I wonder How,... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday, on 24 July 2009 Turkish naval special forces arrested 5 Somalian pirates. This is thew first time that Turkish naval forces actually detain pirates.According to the General Metin Gürak, chief of the communications department of the General Staff, F-495 TCG Gediz rendered a band of 5 Somali pirates ineffective as a result of the... Continue Reading →
>Last week I was on a vacation and away from Internet. So, I am going to wrap up the last ten days important news and happenings:1) Saudi Arabian warships visited IstanbulSaudi Arabian warships, Lafayette class, Al Riyadh, Type 2000S Class, Hofouf and Durance class auxiliary Yunbou made a rare visit to İstanbul. The ships left... Continue Reading →
>After the initial flow of information, disinformation and rumors, the things seem to settle a little bit.First of the early rumors that the on board pirates were unarmed seems to be wrong. I mean no one can be persuasive enough to talk the crew of a ship into capitulation.Secondly the ship did not stoped yet... Continue Reading →
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