Turkish General Staff made a detailed announcement about protection provided by Turkish Armed Forces to the Ferry M/F Ankara during her humanitarian trip to Libya. On sea MEKO 200 class frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım escorted the ferry M/F Ankara. TCG Yıldırım is one of the four frigates Turkey has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector.... Continue Reading →
F-490 TCG Gaziantep helped a drifting Egyptian fishing boat off the coast of Libya according to an announcement of Turkish General Staff. TCG Gaziantep is one of the 4 frigates Turkish Navy has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, enforcing the arms embargo against Libya. The fishing boat El-Halevi was drifting in a storm after an engine failure.... Continue Reading →
The Turkish civilian ferry M/F Ankara finally docked at Misurata port tonight according to Turkish Foreign Ministry tweets. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting off the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the... Continue Reading →
M/F Ankara is 25 miles off shore of Libyan city Misurata according to news reports. The civilian ferry left Çeşme, İzmir with 2 tons of medical supplies, 3 ambulances. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10 too. M/F Ankara was supposed to dock in Misurata to disembark her cargo and to pick up 200... Continue Reading →
Turkish ferry M/F Ankara is heading to Misurata Libya according to an announcement made by the Office of the Prime Minister. She is carrying 2 ambulances and 2 tons of various medical supplies. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10. When in Misurata, the ferry will pick up injured Libyans and bring them to Turkey for medical... 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 →
> F-243 TCG Yıldırım. Here in Çanakkale on 18 March 2011, soon off the coast of Libya. Turkish contribution to NATO enforced maritime embargo to Libya takes shape. Yesterday, on 23 March it was announced that Turkey would send 4 frigates, one replenishment tanker and one submarine to the NATO task force off the coast of Libya. According to news reports this intention was officially... Continue Reading →
> This is sort of breaking news. The civilian ferry M/V Ankara left Istanbul in the evening of 16. March 2011. Her possible port of call is Sirte, Libya. Her sister M/V Samsun is in Tripoli since 15 March 2011. She is evacuating Egyptians who flee from Libya. Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 1) Turkey Continues Evacuations... Continue Reading →
> M/V Samsun and TCG Gelibolu in Tripolis. Official Turkish Navy Photo. According to Turkish General Staff website, the ferry M/V Samsun arrived in Tripolis escorted by the frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu. M/V Samsun will pick up Egyptian evacuees who wish to return to their country. This will be the second trip of the ship.... Continue Reading →
>In my personal the the most important lesson that Turkey should learn from the Libyan NEO is that it is the high time for Turkey to invest in new, large, fast and seaworthy passenger ships.Compared to the evacuation by air the evacuation by sea was very limited. Only 8351 person, 36% of the evacuees, were... Continue Reading →
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