The new electronic warfare suite on board of TCG Fatih has been accepted after rigorous testing according to Aselsan. The system is made of the following units: Electronic Support Measures Decoy Launching System Dedicated or Shared Multi-Function Consoles The heart of the system is the CPU of the EW processing and its interface with the... Continue Reading →
53 years ago today a naval officer passed away following a heart attack, suffered after 82 years of a turbulent life full of wars, political struggles and exiles. A life shaped by the sea. The full name of the marine registry is Huseyin Rauf, the son of Mehmet Muzaffer from Cibali. His biography you will... Continue Reading →
This is not a story you may find in Turkish naval circles online. According to Greek Defense and Foreign Policy website E-Amyna, Turkish Navy bid farewell to her oldest submarine TCG Atılay on 30 November 2016. TCG Atılay was the first submarine build for Turkish Navy since the end of the Second World War. She... Continue Reading →
I don't know why but the header picture of this blog is gone and the menus are garbled and I can't seem to fix it at the moment. Must be a bug or something happening in the background and is definitely not my work. Still I am sorry for the appearances of my blog for... Continue Reading →
After attending the Dawn Service on 25 April 2015 in Anzac Cove, Gallipoli the HMAS Anzac and HMNZS Te Kaha arrived in Istanbul for a port visit. During the cruise from Çanakale to İstanbul, HMAS Anzac stopped at the point where the Australian submarine HMAS AE-2 was sunk by Ottoman gunboat Sultanhisar. As the chivalry... Continue Reading →
We are witnessing an increased activity by Turkish Navy in the last few weeks. Here is a short list of the deployed frigates, the mainstay of Turkish Navy: F-490 TCG Gaziantep is participating to Joint Warrior 14-1 naval exercise in Scotland. Later she will visit Norway, Poland and Finland. F-493 TCG Gelibolu is cruising in... Continue Reading →
Today, on 13th December 2012, Turkish Navy will formally hand over the command of the Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) which is one of three task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). Turkey took the command of the CTF-151 in September from South Korea and the task force will be commanded by Pakistan between December... Continue Reading →
The bulk of the FF-1093 ex-USS Capodanno, F-250 ex-TCG Muavenet is on her way to the scrapyard in Aliağa, İzmir. This is her final voyage. The Knox class frigates served a short service in Turkish Navy compared to older Gearing class destroyers and newer Perry class frigates. F-250 TCG Muavenet was the first ever Knox... Continue Reading →
The occupation of a Demilitarizing Zone is usually the first step of a armed conflict. But when the Green Line, that divides Cyprus in two was occupied last week it was an act of peace rather than aggression. Young people from both communities entered the UN controlled Green Line and camping there. If this latest... Continue Reading →
There will be light posting or no blogging for the next two weeks.
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