Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff of the United Kingdom visited his counter part Admiral Yiğit Uğur and the Chief of Turkish General Staff General Işık Koşaner today. Neither the Turkish Navy nor the Turkish General Staff released any public statements about the visits and topics discussed. Besides the usual relations between the two countries the has been a... Continue Reading →
Apparently Turkish Navy will be very busy for the first half of April as 10 of the 16 frigates of Turkish Navy will be on deployment. 4 frigates are taking part in exercise Deniz Yıldızı 2011. 4 frigates are in Operation Unified Protector, 1 frigate in Operation Ocean Shield, 1 frigate in BlackSeafor. This makes %62,5 of... Continue Reading →
>N-16 TCG NusretThere are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them.She was a German built mine layer in service of Ottoman Navy when she laid 20 new mines to a bay which was used previously cleared by Allied mine sweepers. This bay was used to... Continue Reading →
>Last week 10thHigh Criminal court of Istanbul issued arrest warrants for 163officers of Turkish Armed forces in connection with the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) case.106 of the officers,arrested, are currently serving in the armed forces. Some of themwere arrested last year again in connection with the Balyoz case butlater they were released as the court decided it... Continue Reading →
>DM-357 TCG MuavenetOn 2nd October, 18 years ago Turkish Navy experienced one of its worst friendly fire incidents. On 2nd October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidentally from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the... Continue Reading →
>I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit.On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidently from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5... Continue Reading →
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