The text below was send to me as a comment on one of my blog entries. I think it is important enough to have it's own entry: Dear all, On 18th February 2012, Turkey will commemorate its 60th anniversary of NATO membership. http://www.nato.int/turkiye60yil To mark this occasion, we have created a dedicated module in Turkish and a range... Continue Reading →
Proud Manta 2012
It is once again time for the NATO's biggest anti submarine warfare (ASW) exercise Proud Manta. From 14-26 February 2012, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. will provide 5 submarines, 15 aircraft and 12 surface ships take part in this exercise. The exercise will take place in... Continue Reading →
Greece Sends A Frigate To EUNAVFOR
The Greek Navy deployed the MEKO 200HN class frigate F-452 HS Hydra for the European Union Naval Force Somalia - Operation Atalanta. She has arrived to her Area of Operation two days ago. Following passage south through the Red Sea, the HS HYDRA will join the multi-national EU NAVFOR off the Horn of Africa on... Continue Reading →
PM 56, Amur Class Repair Ship, Returned Home.
According to navytoday.com website, The Russian floating workshop PM-56 returned to her homeport Sevastopol. From August 2011 till January 2012 she was in Mediterranean to maintain the activities of Russian Navy’s task force. The rumor is she has spent time in Tartus harbor, Syria. I was able to take the above photo of her, during her... Continue Reading →
TCG Işın The Workhorse of The Salvage Command
A-589 TCG Işın one of the salvage vessels of Turkish Navy has been very busy since 16th January 2012. On 16th January one T-37 training plane from Turkish Air Force crashed off Foça, İzmir during a routine training flight. A-589 TCG Işın was of the ships that was dispatched to find the wreck of the planer... Continue Reading →
ROVKiller: A Countermeasure For Mine Hunting ROVs
One of the private universities in Turkey, Bahçeşehir University has founded a Technology Development Center (BUTECH) in August 2005. BUTECH’s main mission is to realize custom projects created for various industries and government in Turkey and in the Middle East region of the world. They employ their students so that they would have sufficient work... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy Replaces The Flagship Of SNMCMG-2
Turkish warship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa replaced A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa as the flagship of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2, on 23rd January 2012. The Turkish Captain Abdulhamit Şener is commanding this task force. Actually both ships are more or less same. They were originally built for the German Navy as... Continue Reading →
TCG Giresun Hosts The Commander Of CTF-151
The commander of two counter piracy task forces CTF-151 and TF-508 (NATO SNMG-2) met to discuss joint operations and coordination between these two task forces. Currently Turkish Navy has the command on the SNMG-2. More over Turkish Navy did led the CTF-151 twice 5 May -13 August 2009 and 1 September -29 November 2010. Commodore Aage Buur Jensen Danish Royal Navy,... Continue Reading →
USS Vella Gulf In Ukraine
The Ticonderoga class cruiser of US Navy CG-72 USS Vella Gulf started her port visit in Sevastopol on 26th January 2012. The US cruiser will stay in Ukraine till 1st February 2012 and will make a second port visit in Odessa. According to Ukraine Armed Forces web site the US ship Vella Gulf, the Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sagaidachny, the... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy To Continue Anti-piracy Operations
On 25th January 2012, Turkish Parliament accepted a submitted motion to extend the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf Of Aden for one year. In 2009, Turkish Parliament gave the government the power to send units from Turkish Navy to Gulf Of Aden and adjacent waters, in order to participate the multinational efforts of anti-piracy. The duration of... Continue Reading →
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