10th Anniversary
When I started this blog 10 years ago, I had no idea where it would take me. I had –and still have- things to share and things to say and I knew blogging was –and still is- the right media to address the world. Blogging in English was a deliberate choice and to be frankly... Continue Reading →
Notice To Mariners
There will very light or no blogging until further notice.
Fifth Anniversary
Today marks the fifth anniversary of this blog. This is my 976th post, thus I post 195 entries per year on average. In 2011 I had 568 views per day, in 2012 it was 686. This year it is 831. Not bad for a very specialized blog with a very focused content. To be honest... Continue Reading →
First Photos Of The Interceptor Craft Built For The Qatar Navy
During the Dimdex 2012 maritime defence exhibition in Qatar, it was announced that the Turkish shipyard Yonca Onuk has signed a contract with Qatar Armed Forces. According to the contract Turkish shipyard is building 3 MRTP 16 class interceptors and 3 MRTP 34 class fast patrol boats for the Qatar Naval Forces. This is the... Continue Reading →
Stratfor Uses Bosphorus Naval News As A Source. So Why Don’t You?
Today I was reading one of the hacked e-mails from the private US intelligence company Stratfor. Last year in December a hacker collective known as Anonymous claimed responsibility for crashing the Web site of the Stratfor Global Intelligence Service. The hacker declared that they have obtained the full client list including their credit cards information, as well as... Continue Reading →
Bosphorus Naval News Is On DefencePoint (UPDATED)
The DefencePOint, one of the few Greek military blogs that is worth of reading has published my story about the ESSM test of Turkish Navy. They have also used the photo showing the firing of the missile from this blog. Unfortunately the bloggers at this blog (initially) forgot to mention my blog as the source... Continue Reading →
Notice To Mariners
There will be light posting or no blogging until further notice.
Bosphorus Naval News Is On War Is Boring
One of the most interesting and influential blog of the military blogsphere, War Is Boring, published a photo from this website. The photo showing Turkish frigate F-241 TCG Turgutreis and British assault ship L-15 HMS Bulwark was first published on this blog on 16th April 2009. The photo was taken during the Egemen 2009 naval exercise. Unfortunately the bloggers at War Is... Continue Reading →
Third Anniversary
Today is the third anniversary of this blog. Last year two important changes have happened. First I had to change my service provider from Google's blogger to wordpress as most of the Google's IP addresses were blocked by a court order in Turkey for a considerable duration of time. The second and in my opinion the important change was... Continue Reading →
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