>On 1st September 2010, at Mina Salman pier in Manama, Bahrain there will be a ceremony for the change of command in CTF-151.The ceremony to be held on board of F-494 TCG Gökçeada will mark the second command period of CTF-151 by Turkish Navy. This period will end in December 2010.Previously between May and August... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gelibolu returned home on 13th August 2010, after being away for 6 months. She was in the Gulf of Aden as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2).During her operation in the region she has sailed approximately 30.000 nautical miles and escorted many ships. She is by far the most efficient Turkish warship... Continue Reading →
>M/V Frigia was captured by Somali pirates in March just 1000 miles west of India. The incident was one of the most eastward hijackings.She was of the Somali coast since then. According to the urkish shipping company's lawyer the ship is heading toward Oman's western town of Salalah where the current crew will be chaned... Continue Reading →
>Today Turkish frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada departed from Aksaz Naval base to Gulf of Aden. TCG Gökçeada will serve under the international anti-piracy mission, CTF-151, to fight piracy and carry out surveillance tasks. According to some Turkish internet news portals she will replace TCG Gelibolu. This is unlikely as TCG Gelibolu is in SNMG-2 but on... Continue Reading →
>A Turkish private company has started to offer protection services for Turkish merchant ships going through Gulf of Aden. This is the first of its kind. According to the website of the company, they received authorization from the Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs, as a Recognized Security Organization according to International Ship and Port Security Code... Continue Reading →
>F-492 TCG Gemlik, Turkish contribution to CTF-151 is returning to her home port Aksaz on 24th April 2010.She had left her home port to relieve TCG Gökova in Gulf of Aden, in early February. Currently TCG Gelibolu is the only Turkish warship in the Indian Ocean.
>Turkish frigate TCG Gelibolu, serving in NATO Maritime Standing Naval Task Group 2, encountered and neutralised 12 pirates on two separate different incidents, on 21 April 2010.In first incident the frigate encountered two boats in suspicious activity, in the vicinity of Liberian-flagged M / V Safmarine Cunene. TCG Gelibolu forced the pirates stop their boats... Continue Reading →
>A mother ship and 2 skiff type speed boat were detected by F-493 TCG Gelibolu, 250 miles north east of Seychelles on 18 April 2010 at 07:00 local time. They were on the route of the Turkish vessel M/V Servet-Y.TCG Gelibolu intervened and stopped the mother ship. The naval special forces boarded the pirate vessels and... Continue Reading →
>The Turkish merchant M/V Yasin-C was reported to be hi jacked by pirates on 7th April, 270 nautical miles of Mombasa. The pirates climbed on board after attacking the ship with RPG and starting a fire. Since then there has been no communication from the ship. As of today the ship is free again. It... Continue Reading →
>NATO released her version of the events that F-493 TCG Gelibolu disrupted a pirate attack against Dutch merchant ship MV Torm Ragnhild and resulted in the release of a hijacked dhow. The Commanding Officer of TCG Gelibolu, Commander Baybars Küçükatay Turkish Navy said:‘With Gelibolu quickly arriving on the scene the pirates had little option to abandon... Continue Reading →
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