Citizens of Istanbul saw another naval parade today. Naval parades along the Bosphorus are traditionally held either on 30. August to celebrate the Victory Day or on 29. October to celebrate the Republic Day with participation of Turkish warships. What made todays parade so interesting? Well first of all the majority of the participants were... Continue Reading →
In March 2010, a modernization project for the Ay class has emerged. Ay (Type 209/1200) class submarines are the oldest boats now in service. The oldest one was commissioned 34 and the newest one 20 years ago. According to the plan the newest two boats, S-351 TCG Doğanay and S-352 TCG Dolunay were to receive an extensive modernization. The periscope,... Continue Reading →
Turkish President Gül is in Indonesia for an official visits. According to the President's office, following eight cooperation agreements signed between the two countries, during the visit. AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN TURKEY AND INDONESIA A Memorandum of Understanding in Technical Matters; Cooperation Agreement on Defense Industry; A Memorandum of Understanding in Cooperation between Small and Medium-Scaled... 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 →
The annual exercise of Turkish Navy, Deniz Yıldızı (Sea Star) 2011 had started two days ago. 4 frigates, 1 submarine, 9 fast attack craft, 5 auxiliaries, 6 helicopters, 1 maritime patrol plane, 4 Coast Guard boats, 2 Coast Guard helicopters, naval special forces teams and air force units will take part in this exercise. The exercise consists of... Continue Reading →
On 4. April 2011, TCG Giresun cought two skiffs, apparently used for piracy, Turkish General Staff reported. A japanse naval patrol plane spotted two skiffs, approximately 70 nautical miles north of Somalia on 4 April 2011, at 09:15 local time. The current Turkish contribution to NATO's SNMG-2, TCG Giresun was tasked with the interception of these skiffs. The frigate arrived... Continue Reading →
Today the April 2011 activation of BlackSeaFor will officially begin, with a press conference on board of Romanian warship Marasesti. This year will be the 10th anniversary of the call-on naval task force BlackSeaFor. For the purpose of enhancing peace and stability in the Black Sea area, by increasing regional co-operation, and improving good relationship, the idea... Continue Reading →
Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky, departed from Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukrainian citizens trapped in Libya. She has passed through Bosphorus on 24 March 2011 early in the morning and left Turkish territorial waters late at night. She spent a few days off the coast of Libya,... Continue Reading →
Turkish General Staff made a detailed announcement about protection provided by Turkish Armed Forces to the Ferry M/F Ankara during her humanitarian trip to Libya. On sea MEKO 200 class frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım escorted the ferry M/F Ankara. TCG Yıldırım is one of the four frigates Turkey has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector.... Continue Reading →
F-490 TCG Gaziantep helped a drifting Egyptian fishing boat off the coast of Libya according to an announcement of Turkish General Staff. TCG Gaziantep is one of the 4 frigates Turkish Navy has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, enforcing the arms embargo against Libya. The fishing boat El-Halevi was drifting in a storm after an engine failure.... Continue Reading →
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