M/F Ankara made the news yesterday in Libya and around the world. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting 25 miles off the coast of the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the harbor. On... Continue Reading →
NATO has updated its list of the warships taking part in the Operation Unified Protector. Thus I have to update my list too. It seems that it is the Turkish submarine S-353 TCG Preveze that is taking part in the operation rather than previously announced S-358 TCG Çanakkale. TCG Preveze is the first boat of... Continue Reading →
The Turkish civilian ferry M/F Ankara finally docked at Misurata port tonight according to Turkish Foreign Ministry tweets. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting off the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the... Continue Reading →
NATO has published the names of the warships taking part in the arms embargo against Libya, as called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1973. On left is the screen shot from NATO website showing the photos of the participating ships. The regular readers of this blog will find the two photos I have marked very very familiar.... Continue Reading →
Submarine Training Center Command, of Turkish Navy apparently finds my website good enough to be linked. It is not the first time that my website is liked by the official navy sites. But this is the first instance where I was document it.
M/F Ankara is 25 miles off shore of Libyan city Misurata according to news reports. The civilian ferry left Çeşme, İzmir with 2 tons of medical supplies, 3 ambulances. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10 too. M/F Ankara was supposed to dock in Misurata to disembark her cargo and to pick up 200... Continue Reading →
Admiral Murat Birgel, the Commander of Turkish Navy is in Russia for bilateral meetings. On the first leg of this visit the Turkish delegation was Moscow. There Admiral Birgel has met Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. during the meeting Russian and Turkish commanders pointed out that the BlackSeaFor created a very suitable platform for military... Continue Reading →
I have not much information about the reactions of Koreans on the Type 214 submarines. But it is clear that these submarines are creating headaches among the politicians, bureaucrats and soldiers on the both sides of the Aegean Sea. On the other side of the Aegean, The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (S.D.O.E) of the... Continue Reading →
Turkish ferry M/F Ankara is heading to Misurata Libya according to an announcement made by the Office of the Prime Minister. She is carrying 2 ambulances and 2 tons of various medical supplies. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10. When in Misurata, the ferry will pick up injured Libyans and bring them to Turkey for medical... Continue Reading →
As you might have noticed the Bosphorus Naval News has changed its application provider. We are now using WordPress services. The tug of war between Google (Blogger) and the Unnamed Digital TV company and the blocking of many IP addresses of Google was the primary reason for this change. I was able to reach my... Continue Reading →
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