>Turkish Navy started a big exercise on 7th April 2009. Code named Deniz Yıldızı 2009 (Sea Star 2009) this exercise is divided in 4 phases:Phase will consists of ASuW, ASW,AAW, EW, live weapon firing, maritime situational awareness and vessel boarding inspection trainings.In phase two, multilateral trainings with the newly activated Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task... Continue Reading →
>Admiral Yiğit in Greece
>Admiral Eşref Uğur Yiğit, Commander of Turkish Naval Fleet visited Athens this week.Admiral Yiğit, held meetings within the scope of confidence-building measures. Yiğit, who was in Athens as the formal guest of Greek Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Ioannis Karaiskos, was the second high ranking Turkish Naval officer to visit Athens in the last 6 months.
>Always reliant: The Mermaid
>According to Jerusalem Post, Israeli and Turkish Navies will participate in a search-and-rescue exercise in the Mediterranean Sea in July.This annual exercise, code named Reliant Mermaid, is organised since 1998. The objective of the exercise is to practice coordinated emergency SAR procedures and familiarize the participants with each other's capabilities. Usually US Navy always participates... Continue Reading →
>More on Operation Black Sea Harmony
>The security in the Black Sea is becoming more important each day as Black Sea becomes one of the most significant hubs for the Caspian Basin and Central Asian oil. Pumping the oil to the terminals at Black Sea is the easiest and cheapest way of exportation.On daily basis approximately 300 merchant ships are underway... Continue Reading →
>Romania joins Operation Black Sea Harmony
>Today with a ceremony a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between Turkish and Romanian navies. Thus Romania becomes the third Black Sea country after Russia and Ukraine to join the Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). The Commander of Romanian Naval Forces, Admiral Danila (Left) signed the MoA on behalf of his country. Admiral Ataç signed... Continue Reading →
>USS Boxer Dental Team Aids Turkish Shipmates
>LHD-4 USS Boxer, the only dental-capable ship in the CTF-151, provided critical dental care to two Sailors from TCG Giresun, one of the Turkish Navy's G-class frigates.Lt. Christopher Henninger, DMD, Boxer's dental officer, said the dental problems the Sailors had ranged from moderate to emergent and could have potentially required medical evacuation had Boxer's facilities... Continue Reading →
>USS Klakring in Sevastopol
>Today photos of FF(G)-42 USS Klakring in Sevastopol are published.Her arrival in this city again aroused the protests of Russians living here.
>TCG Giresun foils pirate attack on ships
>Last week four Turkish flagged and manned cargo ships, M/V Ulusoy-8, M/V Horizon-1, M/V Halis Kalkavan and M/V Samanyolu were in Gulf of Aden. The vessels were registered to the international organisations vectoring the merchant traffic in the area.According to Turkish Navy pirates approached to Ulusoy-8 shortly after the Greek owned and Saint-Vincent-flagged cargo vessel... Continue Reading →
>Turkish media reaction about the appointment of Adm Stavridis for SACEUR
>The appointment of Admiral Stavridis for the post of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe was caught by Turkish media as well. In every news news the Greek origins of admiral's family was mentioned. Only a few ones mentioned that he was also a intellectual and web savvy solider.I was fist became aware of Admiral Stavridis... Continue Reading →
>TCG Giresun diverted pirates
> The news is on the web since last week. But I am cautious about early reports and rumors about diverted pirates attacks. Some of the turn out the be a false positives.But this time it is true. On 14th March 2009, pirates approached and Vietnamese cargo vessel and fired upon the ship in order... Continue Reading →
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