>According to Jerusalem Post, Israeli and Turkish Navies will participate in a search-and-rescue exercise in the Mediterranean Sea in July.This annual exercise, code named Reliant Mermaid, is organised since 1998. The objective of the exercise is to practice coordinated emergency SAR procedures and familiarize the participants with each other's capabilities. Usually US Navy always participates... Continue Reading →
>TURRUS-2009
>Last week Russian navy conducted exercises with Turkish Navy.This would hardly be in the news, if the participating Russian ships would come from Black Sea Fleet and if the exercise was held in the Black Sea.But, this latest exercise was held in the Mediterranean and the Russian participants came all the way from the Barents... 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 →
