Detailed information has been published by Turkish Coast Guard on their intervention on the freighter M/V Doğan Kartal on 12 March 2015. The Coast Guard was informed that this ship loaded with refugees was sailing on Marmara Sea heading to the Çanakkale Strait. Coast Guard vessels reached the vessel near Şarköy but the ship... Continue Reading →
On 18 March 2015, Turkish Navy organised a Naval Parade in Çanakkale Strait to commemorate Turkish Victory over the Allied Armada 100 years ago. 6 Navy and Coast Guard helicopters, 3 maritime patrol planes and 6 Army helicopters took part in a fly over. And the Turkish Stars, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish... Continue Reading →
100 years ago the idyllic town Çanakkale was the center of a very fierce and bloody fighting. This fighting shaped the directly the future of Turkey, accelerate the end of the Romanov dynasty and created an unique Australian identity following the war. On 18 March 1915 when the Allied Armada made up of 18 battleships and... Continue Reading →
On 12 March 2015, Turkish Coast Guard vessels chased the cargo ship M/V Doğan Kartal in the Çanakkale Strait and forces the ship to stop by firing on her engine room. According to AIS data from marinetraffic.com website, the Turkish flagged 59 metre long ship has departed from Istanbul on 11 March 2015. It is... Continue Reading →
Yesterday and today at dawn, many Turks, Australians and New Zealanders commemorated the 99th anniversary of the Gallipoli wars and the death. This is post I have written 4 years ago. But I don't think anything has changed. It was clear to the Allied commanders, after their attempt to force the Dardanelles by the naval... Continue Reading →
On 18 March,we have celebrated the victory of against the Allied Fleet in 1915. I am honored and delighted to share some of the excellent photos Mr. Ahmet Güven, a very dear contributor to these blog before shared these beautiful photos.
Click here for more photos from the passage of Smetlivy and click here for a short video. It was not only Russian ships that passed through the Bosphorus this weekend. The SNMCMG-2 has left the Black Sea after spending 19 days in various ports in the region.
Just like in the previous years, on 18 March 2013, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles, to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915. Unlike past 3 years, I was not able to travel to Çanakkale to watch the parade. But instead I am honored and delighted to... Continue Reading →
There are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them. Today is the 98th anniversary of the victory of Turkish forces over the Allied Fleet in the Dardanelles. It is the proper time to remember this small minelayer constructed in Germany in service of Ottoman Navy as the mines... Continue Reading →
Tidbits from the thing that happened during the week: 1) General Necdet Özel, the Chief of General Staff and the Commander of Turkish Armed Forces visited Naval units this week. On Tuesday he was at the main naval base in Gölcük, Kocaeli and visited and inspected the Naval Command and some undisclosed units. On Wednesday... Continue Reading →
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