While Eastern Mediterranean continues to be hotspot new players are trying to enter the game. One of them is France. According to Greek Daily Kathimerini: French energy companies 'Total’ and ‘Gaze de France’ bought three-dimensional seismic data for gas deposits in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The cost of seismic data was over the 2... Continue Reading →
TCG Heybeliada Commissioned. A New Era For Turkish Navy
Yesterday was the 473. Anniversary of the Battle of Preveza. This day is also celebrated as the Turkish Navy Day. This years highlight was not the launching of the second Milgem class corvette F-512 TCG Büyükada but the commissioning of the first ship F-511 TCG Heybeliada. The MILGEM class corvettes have a 99m mono hull with many stealth features... Continue Reading →
SACEUR, Admiral Stavridis Is In Ankara
SACEUR, Adm. Stavridis arrived in Ankara today. He had meetings with General Özel, Cheif of Staff of Turkish Armed Forces, with Mr. Yılmaz, MoD Turkey, and Turkish MoFA delegates. He was in Israel yesterday and the day before attending some meetings too. When the most senior commander within NATO visits two countries that have a... Continue Reading →
TCG Büyükada Launched
Today the second ship of the Milgem class corvettes, F-512 TCG Büyükada was launched with a ceremony in Tuzla Naval Shipyard, Istanbul. I wish her calm sea and following winds. This is a short video I have made using time-lapse technique. And this is a professional news quality video of the same event
TCG Heybeliada on TV
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, the national public broadcaster of Turkey made a TV program about the first Milgem class corvette F-511 TCG Heybeliada. http://youtu.be/-Ud5_chMCus The video is in Turkish and as it is almost 20 minutes long I was not able to translate the gist. But for the behalf of my non Turkish... Continue Reading →
The Situation In The Eastern Mediterranean (Part 2)
While thew worlds attention is turned to the recent meetings and debates in the UN in New York, the high tension situation continues in the Eastern Med. The harsh rhetoric of last week turned into concrete actions. Turkey signed an oil and gas exploration agreement with Northern Cyprus the Turkish Cypriot part of the island.... Continue Reading →
5 Days To Go
Until the commissioning of the first Milgem class corvette F-511 TCG Heybeliada into service.
Reporting For Duty
As the high tension in the Eastern Mediterranean continues, now is a good time to look at some numbers. I am very well aware that the nominal numbers of a nations weapons does not mean much about their readiness, availability, effectiveness or quality. But on the other hand as Stalin said the quantity has an... Continue Reading →
WPR On Turkish Navy
World Politics Review published an e-mail interview with Bill Park, a senior lecturer in the department of defense studies at King's College London. This is what he thinks about the capabilities of Turkish Navy. WPR: How does it compare with other navies in the region in terms of effectiveness and experience? Park: The Turkish coastline abuts the Black, Aegean and... Continue Reading →
The Situation In The Eastern Mediterranean
As 19th September 2011, US based energy company Noble Energy is starting to drill for gas off Cyprus in Block 12. The company has already conducting exploration for gas off the Coast of Israel and found some large gas reservoirs. Block 12 lies just across the border of the Israeli-Cypriot maritime exclusive economic zones from... Continue Reading →
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