On 22 February 2012, in the early morning hours, one Turkish Type 209 / 1400 class submarine sailed through Bosphorus to Marmara Sea. Since Turkish Navy stooped painting the pennant number of the submarines on their hulls, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the submarines to... Continue Reading →
If it was made public by somebody else, I would laugh my ... off, but when it comes from the prime minister himself, then it is not so fanny any more. Turkey will build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. He said the 150m-wide... Continue Reading →
Citizens of Istanbul saw another naval parade today. Naval parades along the Bosphorus are traditionally held either on 30. August to celebrate the Victory Day or on 29. October to celebrate the Republic Day with participation of Turkish warships. What made todays parade so interesting? Well first of all the majority of the participants were... Continue Reading →
Admiral Murat Birgel, the Commander of Turkish Navy is in Russia for bilateral meetings. On the first leg of this visit the Turkish delegation was Moscow. There Admiral Birgel has met Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. during the meeting Russian and Turkish commanders pointed out that the BlackSeaFor created a very suitable platform for military... Continue Reading →
>This Morning the Romanian border Guard vessel MAI-1105 Stefan Cel Mare passed through Bosphorus.She is heading to Create, Greece.The Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel 950 class vessel was delivered to Romania in September 2010. She was funded by the European Union in order to strengthen the Border Police force of Romania.In a similar procurement project the Turkish Istanbul... Continue Reading →
>The web site istanbul-pedia.com has complied the worst maritime accidents happened in Bosphorus. It is a gruesome list. Click Maritime Accidents on the Bosphorus to read.Some information on about more recent accidents:Ro/Ro Ella JM/V Poseidon VM/V Oruç Reis (Papur)M/V Josco Nanjing
>If the headlines of newspapers can be a reliable indicator, then there is a lot of closed door arm wrestling between Turkey and NATO/USA. The reason for this diplomatic activity is the new missile shield NATO intents to adopt as part of the alliance's overall mission. From: Economist - Sep 24, 2009The originator of the... Continue Reading →
>The Slava class cruiser Moskva returned to the Black Sea today. The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was away since April 2010. In June she took part in Vostok-2010 military exercise held in the Sea of Japan. There were rumors that she might be permanently rebased to Vladivostok. Apparently that is not the... Continue Reading →
>August 30 is a national holiday in Turkey to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar, the final battle in the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.The Battle of Dumlupınar was fought from 26 August to 30 August 1922. As a custom Turkish warships visited Istanbul to take part in the commemorations. This year... Continue Reading →
>NATO's Standing MCM Group 2 has arrived in Izmir harbor today. The task force will stay there till 6th August.SNMCMG-2 was in Black Sea since mid July and conducted Breeze/Certex 2010 exercise with Bulgarian Navy. The task force passed through Bosporus on 1st august 2010 Sunday. I was able to take photos of the ships but because... Continue Reading →
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