>I have forgotten to report the northward passage of USS Mount Whitney on 30th October 2008.She has replaced USS Barry as the USN ship in the Black Sea. This is the second voyage of USS Mount Whintey after the Russian - Georgian war in August 2008.She was in Konstanza, Romania between 1st and 4th November.... Continue Reading →
>Where is TCG Gökova?
>The October, F-496 TCG Gökova sailed the Suez Canal as a part of SNMG-2 to counter piracy, off Somalia. Later, according to NATO only three ships were detached for Operation Allied Provider. The rest of the SNMG-2 supposed to sailed to Persian Gulf in order to visit ICI countries starting with Kuwait.Yesterday, NATO released news... Continue Reading →
>East Mediterranean-2008
>Turkish Navy is hosting a planned invitation exercise between 2nd and 14th November 2008.The exercise Doğu Akdeniz -2008 (East Mediterranean-2008) will be held in Aegean Sea and not surprisingly East Mediterranean Sea.Frigates, fast attack craft, submarines, landing ships, supply ships, maritime patrol planes, ASW helicopters of Turkish Navy will take part in the East Med... Continue Reading →
>Update on Ya-sa Neslihan
>The crew of the hijacked Turkish bulk carrier M/V Ya-Sa Neslihan is reportedly unharmed.The company did not made any official statements whether the pirates demanded a ransom or not. But the news on the media is that the pirates want 5 million USD as ransom.In the mean time there were some reports that TCG Gökova... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Minex Nusrat 2008 has started
>Minex Nusrat 2008 has started on 31th October 2008 and will continue till 8th November 2008.This exercise, organized by Turkish Navy is held in North Aegean. Among the participants are ships from MCM ships from Romanian, Greek, Royal Navy, SNMCMG-2, mine sweeping and laying ships from Turkish Navy and naval EOD forces from UK and... Continue Reading →
>USS Barry is back in the Med
>USS Barry returned to Mediterranean Sea on 31th October 2008. She has left the Dardanelles at around 16:30 local time. She had entered the Dardanelles on 15th October. Thus she spent less than the 21 day limit imposed by Montreux Treaty.Her expedition to the Black Sea was highlighted when she had a soft grounding on... Continue Reading →
>Turkish bulk carrier hijacked off Somalia
>Actually it was just a matter of time. Yesterday it happened.Turkish owned, Marshal Islands flagged bulk carrier MV YASA NESLIHAN was hijacked by pirates off Somalia coast. The ship was carrying 77.000 tons iron ore from Canada to China.20 of the 30 strong personnel are Turkish citizens. The spokesmen for the company stated that pirates... Continue Reading →
>The Navy of Turkish Republic
>The official name of the Turkish navy is The Navy of Turkish Republic. (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Deniz Kuvvetleri). I am mentioning this because today is the 85th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.It is a custom of Turkish Navy to send a couple of warships to port cities and open them for public visiting. This year F-243... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy rejects additional Perry class frigates
>Last week it was just an unconfirmed rumor but now it is official. Turkish Navy will not take two Perry class frigates offered by USA.These two ships FFG-12 USS George Phillip and FFG-14 USS Sides are just not lucky. FFG-12 was offered first to Bahrain (Transfer of Naval Vessels Act of 2003) then to Portugal... Continue Reading →
>Internet Censorship in Turkey
>Today when thousands of blogger.com users tried to log on to their blogs or millions blog reader tried to read their favorite blogs saw this: were unable to do so.Today when thousands of blogger.com users tried to log on to their blogs or millions blog reader tried to read their favorite blogs saw this:Apparently a... Continue Reading →
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