UPDATE:If you have arrived at this blog via the link at gCaptain.com, kindly note that my post about this exihibition is from 2009. The exhibition is over a very long time ago. > Last weekend I have visited a new exhibition at the Pera Museum in Istanbul. Pera Museum is one of the private museums... Continue Reading →
>The commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Rear Adm. Caner Bener, visited Singapore's RSS Persistence and Turkey's TCG Giresun on May 19 to discuss counterpiracy operations.Rear Adm. Bener and his staff are stationed on board of guided-missile cruiser CG-64 USS Gettyburg."It's very important for me as the commander and also for my staff to... Continue Reading →
>This year, May has been and will be a busy month for the Turkish Navy.Between 28 April - 1 May 2009, a Turkish Week was held in Lebanon. In the scope of these activities F-502 TCG Bandırma and F-492 TCG Gemlik have visited Beirut.F-496 TCG Gökova frigate has visited Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina and... Continue Reading →
>With more incoming information it was necessary to update the OoB for the Exercise JW:A-14 SPS PatinoCG-58 USS Philippine SeaD-560 ITS Luigi Durand De La PenneDDG-51 USS Arleigh BurkeDDG-58 USS PorterF-235 HMS MonmouthF-462 HS KountouriotisF-497 TCG GöksuF-81 HMS SutherlandF-83 HMS St. AlbansM-1069 FGS HomburgM-1090 FGS PegnitzM-642 FS CassiopeeS-104 HSM SceptreT-AH 192 USNS Kanawha
>I know that Scotland and its Loch's are miles away from Bosphorus but there is a big naval exercise is about to begin and one Turkish warship is taken part in it.The exercise is called Joint Warrior 2009 and is organised by Royal Navy. NATO's SNMG-2 including F-497 TCG Göksu, is taking part. The JW... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Uğur Yiğit, the Commander of the Turkish Fleet was the host of this years NATO's annual Maritime Commanders Meeting (MARCOMET 2009).Attended by 129 senior maritime, political and commercial delegates from 27 countries, MARCOMET 2009 started on 4 May under the overall theme “The Future Security Environment – Implications for Navies” and was focused on... Continue Reading →
>Turkish A69 class corvette, F-502 TCG Bandırma, will take part in UNIFIL between 17 April and 5 June 2009.Cuurently Belgium is commanding TF-448 UNIFIL.
>This is A-585 TCG AKIN. She is a swimming piece of history. She was build as a Chanticleer class submarine rescue ship, named ASR-10 USS Greenlet. She was launched in 1942 and commissioned in USN in 1943.She saw action in World War Two. She was in Tokyo Bay, when Japan surrendered in 1945. She saw... Continue Reading →
> On 3rd May 2009, the command of CTF-151 established January 2009, was transferred to Turkish Navy. Turkey will be the second nation to command the counter piracy task force.In a ceremony held in Manama, Bahrain, Rear Adm. Caner Bener relieved Rear Adm. Michelle Howard as commander."As I take command, I would like to emphasize... Continue Reading →
>Some of the ships that anticipated in the Black Sea Partnership Exercise 2009 are visiting İstanbul. They have arrived on 2 May and will leave on 4 May.Among the participants the following ships are in İstanbul:F-244 TCG Barbaros, MEKO 200 TN2A class frigate, from Turkish Navy,F-495 TCG Gediz, Perry class frigate, from Turkish Navy,260 Admiral... Continue Reading →
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