>This week a multinational military exercise called Egemen-2009, will start in Turkey.There is absolutely nothing on the Turkish news and defence portals about this exercise and about the participants except the fact that this exercise will happen. Therefore it is very difficult to determine the exact order of battle.Among the participants are Taurus 2009 task... Continue Reading →
>Noble Manta 2009 ended
>Today the biggest NATO ASW exercise Noble Manta ended. The final press relase for the exercise can be read here.Commander Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South;Rear Admiral Leidig stated:“Noble Manta confirmed this year to be a vital tool to maintain and improve allied interoperability in all the aspects of modern warfare that involve the use of... Continue Reading →
>Noble Manta 2009 continues
>NATO’s largest annual anti-submarine warfare exercise, Noble Manta 2009 is taking place in the Ionian Sea to the Southeast of Sicily. The exercise started on 13 February and will and on 27 February 2009.Eight NATO nations are providing 6 submarines, 9 surface ships and 13 aircraft to take part in the exercise.Turkish Navy participates with... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Straits Key to Georgian Crisis
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>A small review of 2008
>When a year ends, it has become more or less a custom to make some Top-(n) lists to review the important events, happenings of that year.Well, I will not make an exception. Here is a 5 point list about the most important events for Turkish Navy in 2008: The launching of F-511 TCG Heybeliada: The... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova deters pirate attacks
>Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova was in the media again. This time her fame was limited with the local Turkish media.She was last heard of when she left with MV As Salaam the port of Mombassa on 20 November with a load of 11,000 tons of humanitarian aids. According to NATO TCG Gökova escorted the... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova reappears, on BBC
>To find the whereabouts of Turkish frigate TCG Gökova was becoming almost an obsession for me. After passing through the Suez Canal in October she has kind of disappeared from the public view.After Somali pirates hijacked two Turkish owed ships the rumors about TCG Gökova become wilder in the local news. First it was reported... Continue Reading →
>Did NATO failed to help MV Karagöl?
>Turkish maritime portal kaptanhaber.com was able to conduct a interview with the captain of the hijacked Turkish chemical tanker MV Karagöl.This interview gives interesting information and some insight about how things are happening down there. When I first heard the news of the hijacking, I wondered how the ship failed to hinder the pirates by... Continue Reading →
>MV Karagöl hijacked
>On 12th November 2008, another Turkish ship was hijacked, 50 miles south of Aden. The India bound chemical tanker Karagöl was attacked and boarded by Somali pirates. According to the captain, the pirates forced the ship to stop by firing machine guns to the bridge. The crew of 14, is unharmed. This is the second... 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 →
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