40 years ago on this day, in the very early hours, İstanbul was shaken by a large explosion. A powerful shock wave that broke the windows of many houses, was followed by a big large bright fireball. The Romanian tanker MT Independenta was waiting for the pilot at the southern entrance of Istanbul Strait when... Continue Reading →
2 ay ne kadar çabuk geçmiş. Oysa Sayın Bilal Eren ile sondaj gemilerimiz hakkında yaptığımız keyfli sohbetin bütün detayları aklımda. Dinleyemeyenler veya yeniden dinlemek isteyenler kayıtlara aşağıdaki linklerden erişebilir: YouTube: https://youtu.be/y3QIaPAtLzI SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dijitalhayattv/sondaj_gemilerimiz_ve_teknolojileri… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QXYMir79pAaq5UQQMGfq8?si=ZKnRFJB0Qjui-qcdjqpnMw… iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/her-sal%C4%B1-ve-per%C5%9Fembe-20-30-youtube-her-cuma-15-30-trt-radyo1/id1449049802?l=tr&i=1000443737747… Web: https://dijitalhayat.tv/sondaj-gemileri/
When I started this blog 10 years ago, I had no idea where it would take me. I had –and still have- things to share and things to say and I knew blogging was –and still is- the right media to address the world. Blogging in English was a deliberate choice and to be frankly... Continue Reading →
I have been silent for the last couple weeks. I was on vacation. And returned with the following photos:
This morning around 9.00 the Karel Doorman class frigate from Belgian Naval Forces F-930 BNS Leopold 1 arrived in Istanbul for a port visit. The duration of the port visit is not disclosed. As far as I know, this is the first visit of BNS Leopold 1 in Istanbul. She is returning home from EU... Continue Reading →
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-103 USS Truxtun is the only US warship in the Black Sea as today with the southbound passage of FF(G)-50 USS Taylor through the Bosphorus. The Perry class frigate was deployed to the Black Sea before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games started. USS Taylor and the flag ship of the... Continue Reading →
As reported few days ago by US Navy, the Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-103 USS Truxtun passed through the Turkish Straits on 7 March 2013 and entered the Black Sea. According the official US Navy press release the destroyer is en route to conduct combined training and theater security cooperation engagements in the Black Sea... Continue Reading →
The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy, the Krivak III (Project 1135.1) class frigate Hetman Sahaidachny passed through the Turkish Straits today and is now in the Black Sea. I have no information about her destination. It can be Sevastopol or Odessa. We will know better tomorrow. The ship was doing anti piracy operations first with the CTF-151 and... Continue Reading →
After a well deserved 3 day port visit in Istanbul at quarter to 9:00 am, the flagship of the 6. US Fleet, USS Mount Whitney left Istanbul heading towards the Mediterranean. This is the formal end of the US Navy's Olympic Games Deployment. USS Taylor is still in Samsun harbour in the meantime. The fate... Continue Reading →
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