>When a year ends, it has become more or less a custom to make some Top-(n) lists to review the important events, happenings of that year.Well, I will not make an exception. Here is a 5 point list about the most important events for Turkish Navy in 2008: The launching of F-511 TCG Heybeliada: The... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova deters pirate attacks
>Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova was in the media again. This time her fame was limited with the local Turkish media.She was last heard of when she left with MV As Salaam the port of Mombassa on 20 November with a load of 11,000 tons of humanitarian aids. According to NATO TCG Gökova escorted the... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova reappears, on BBC
>To find the whereabouts of Turkish frigate TCG Gökova was becoming almost an obsession for me. After passing through the Suez Canal in October she has kind of disappeared from the public view.After Somali pirates hijacked two Turkish owed ships the rumors about TCG Gökova become wilder in the local news. First it was reported... Continue Reading →
>Did NATO failed to help MV Karagöl?
>Turkish maritime portal kaptanhaber.com was able to conduct a interview with the captain of the hijacked Turkish chemical tanker MV Karagöl.This interview gives interesting information and some insight about how things are happening down there. When I first heard the news of the hijacking, I wondered how the ship failed to hinder the pirates by... Continue Reading →
>MV Karagöl hijacked
>On 12th November 2008, another Turkish ship was hijacked, 50 miles south of Aden. The India bound chemical tanker Karagöl was attacked and boarded by Somali pirates. According to the captain, the pirates forced the ship to stop by firing machine guns to the bridge. The crew of 14, is unharmed. This is the second... Continue Reading →
>Where is TCG Gökova?
>The October, F-496 TCG Gökova sailed the Suez Canal as a part of SNMG-2 to counter piracy, off Somalia. Later, according to NATO only three ships were detached for Operation Allied Provider. The rest of the SNMG-2 supposed to sailed to Persian Gulf in order to visit ICI countries starting with Kuwait.Yesterday, NATO released news... Continue Reading →
>East Mediterranean-2008
>Turkish Navy is hosting a planned invitation exercise between 2nd and 14th November 2008.The exercise Doğu Akdeniz -2008 (East Mediterranean-2008) will be held in Aegean Sea and not surprisingly East Mediterranean Sea.Frigates, fast attack craft, submarines, landing ships, supply ships, maritime patrol planes, ASW helicopters of Turkish Navy will take part in the East Med... Continue Reading →
>Update on Ya-sa Neslihan
>The crew of the hijacked Turkish bulk carrier M/V Ya-Sa Neslihan is reportedly unharmed.The company did not made any official statements whether the pirates demanded a ransom or not. But the news on the media is that the pirates want 5 million USD as ransom.In the mean time there were some reports that TCG Gökova... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Minex Nusrat 2008 has started
>Minex Nusrat 2008 has started on 31th October 2008 and will continue till 8th November 2008.This exercise, organized by Turkish Navy is held in North Aegean. Among the participants are ships from MCM ships from Romanian, Greek, Royal Navy, SNMCMG-2, mine sweeping and laying ships from Turkish Navy and naval EOD forces from UK and... Continue Reading →
>Turkish bulk carrier hijacked off Somalia
>Actually it was just a matter of time. Yesterday it happened.Turkish owned, Marshal Islands flagged bulk carrier MV YASA NESLIHAN was hijacked by pirates off Somalia coast. The ship was carrying 77.000 tons iron ore from Canada to China.20 of the 30 strong personnel are Turkish citizens. The spokesmen for the company stated that pirates... Continue Reading →
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