Mine warfare exercise Poseidon, hosted by Romania is continuing in Black Sea The exercise has started on 5 March 2016 and will end on 15 March 2017. Exercise Poseidon began in 2015 as a bilateral Romanian-Bulgarian naval exercise. The host for the exercise alternates each year between Romania and Bulgaria. NATO Standing Groups regularly participate in exercises... Continue Reading →
TCG Gelibolu arrived in Karachi to take part in Pakistan led naval exercise AMAN 2017. Last week she was in Seychelles as a participant top Cutlass Express exercise. This is the first time that Turkey is taking part in this exercise with a warship. In previous exercise Turkey was present with naval special forces teams.... Continue Reading →
Gabya class frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu departed from Aksaz Naval Base, on 22nd January 2017 for a deployment in Gulf of Aden and adjacent seas. Last Turkish ship to be dispatch to this region was TCG Büyükada in October 2016. According to Turkish Navy press release TCG Gelibolu will take part in Cutlass Express 2017 and AMAN... Continue Reading →
Once again Romania is hosting Sea Shield naval exercise. The exercise will take place between 1st and 11th February 2017. The exercise started with the planning and familiarization phase which will end on 5th February. The participants have already arrived at the Romanian port Constanta for this year's exercise. Besides, Romania, Bulgaria, Canada, Spain, Turkey... Continue Reading →
Each year Turkish Navy organises a mine warfare exercise named after the famous minelayer Nusret. This year the exercise will be held between 25 November and 4 December 2016, in İzmir Bay. The aim of the exercise is to provide training for the planning and execution of mine warfare and to improve the interoperability in... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, on 19th November 2016, anti submarine warfare exercise Mavi Balina (Blue Whale) has started. The exercise led by Turkish Navy will be held in Eastern Mediterranean. The aim of the exercise is to increase the submarine warfare and ASW skill of the participating units. Turkish Navy is taking part with 4 frigates, one corvette... Continue Reading →
This week between 5th and 8th September 2016, Turkish Navy conducted an unannounced exercise in the Black Sea. During the week several Turkish warships of different types and some tugs towing practice targets were observed passing through Istanbul. Interestingly there was no official statement from Turkish Naval Forces or from Turkish General Staff about the exercise. Since some... Continue Reading →
Turkish Gabya class frigate TCG Gelibolu made a passing exercise in Eastern Mediterranean with the Japanese Training Fleet. According to the official statement various maneuvers, training and drills were performed, personnel was exchanged between the ships. It is said the exercise has contributed to the development of interoperability and cooperation between Turkey and the Japanese... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymeF_vNgvI Turkish Navy released a official video from the live firings conducted during the Beyaz Fırtına 2016 (White Storm) Naval Exercise. I must admit that, I have found the scene showing, the torpedo leaving the submarine, very impressive.
Turkish Navy concluded Beyaz Fırtına (White Storm) 2016 naval exercise on 28 May 2016. Interestingly members of media were not invited to watch the exercise. Thus all photos available are made by Turkish Naval Forces. 12 frigates, 7 corvettes, 13 fast attack craft, 7 submarines, 1 amphibious ship, 12 auxiliaries, 1 inteligence gathering ship and... Continue Reading →
devrimyaylali.com 