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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
>U-402 Konstantin Olshansky. NATO photo.Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukranian 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.According to Ukrainian Goverment Portal the ship can accommodated 500 to 600... Continue Reading →
>Official photo from Turkish General Staff.The Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,Colonel-General Grigory Pedchenko is in Turkey for an official visit.Yesterday Colonel-General Pedchenko visited hisTurkish counterpart General Işık Koşaner.According to the Ukrainian side the parties discussedkey issues and future prospects of cooperation between the armedforces of both countries.Special attention was paid to the development... Continue Reading →
>© RIA Novosti. Alexei KudenkoAccording to Russian Black Sea Fleet press service, Blackseafor warships completed the active stage of three-week drills.The main focus of the drills has been on maintaining stability and peace in the region, promoting cooperation, and strengthening mutual understanding among the Black Sea countries.The Russian Navy was represented during the so-called Blackseafor... Continue Reading →
>On Friday 20th August 2010, the ships with the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group Blackseafor arrived at the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine in accordance with the plan of the Blackseafor regular activation, according to the press center of the Ukraine Navy.Click here to read more. It is a pity that Istanbul is not among the... Continue Reading →
>On 14th August 2010, the second activation period for the cal-on naval task force BlackSeaFor has begun in Constance, Romania. Romania will take the command of the BlackSeaFor from Bulgaria, for one year. This activation of the task force will continue till 30th August. The ships will spend 12 days in port and 8 days... Continue Reading →
>According to the Blackseafor commander, the On-Call Naval Force of Black Sea navies BlackSeaFor has left the Bulgarian port of Varna to conduct its next stage of exercises. The April 2010 activation of BlackSeafor is scheduled to end on 27th April and is commanded by Bulgarian Navy.As reported earlier, the first stage of the exercises... Continue Reading →
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