A Necessary Move

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 →

>Notice To Mariners

>I have been toying withthe idea of combining my two presences in www, the Bosphorus NavalNews blog and Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy web page under thesame URL.I have been editing andmaintaining Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy since 1997. It allstarted as a small page on geocities, in the early days of web 1.0.For the... Continue Reading →

>Notice To Mariners

>My HDD has crashed on new year's eve. I am not sure if this is a good or bad omen. I am currently trying to patch my PC back together. I hope to be back online this week.

>Second Anniversary

>Today is the second anniversary of my blog. When I have started two years ago I was not expecting to reach this far, to be honest.I feel that I am becoming a little bit more addicted to blogging every day. This blog helped me to know very different people, whom I otherwise would never know.... Continue Reading →

>Notice To Mariners

>There will be light posting or no blogging for rest of the week.

>A New Turkey?

>CDR Salamander has one of the most influential blogs about maritime affairs, politics and sailors on the milblogosphere.After his post about Kemalism and Turkey, he was kind enough to ask me whether I wanted to write my own comments on his blog. I was happy to do so. This is the result:While the dust cloud... Continue Reading →

>Turkey: A Misunderstood Nation For Alliance Geostrategique

>The editor, of a French bloggers cooperative, Alliance Geostrategique, asked me to write my 2 cents about the relations and situation between Turkey and France. Turkey was choosen as the topic of the month in this excellent and interesting blog and they have found my views appealing. I was honored to oblige. You can read my... Continue Reading →

>A Happy New Year

>I wish everybody a happy, prosperous new year. I wish calm seas and friendly winds to all seafarers.

>First Anniversary

>This is first anniversary of my blog. Everything started with a small note one year ago.In the meantime I have written 149 (not including this) posts. I may not be a prolific writer with one post for ever 2,4 days but given the fact that I am currently employed in totally not naval day job,... Continue Reading →

>Bosphorus from the eyes of USN

>I usually stand on the shores of Bosphorus and take pictures of the passing or visiting Turkish or foreign warships. Most of time I wonder that it feels like to be on that particular ship. I wonder how her crew sees the outside. Generally I do not have a clue.This is why I am positively... Continue Reading →

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