>According to the official web site of Turkish Navy, Turkey will send a second warship to fight against piracy and armed robbery to the Gulf of Aden.Perry class F-495 TCG Gediz will depart from Gölcük Naval Base on 19th June 2009. She will be a part of the NATO's SNMG-2. Last week NATO decided to... Continue Reading →
>CTF-151 helped to twart an attack to a Turkish ship
>Turkish Navy announced that Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun, currently attached to CTF-151 helped a Turkish merchantman under attack 700 miles away.Turkish flagged M/V Gökcan was attacked by pirates on 10 June 2009 off the coast of east Oman. While initiating evasive maneuvers and increasing speed the ship notified Turkish authorities that she was under... Continue Reading →
>Video of TCG Gaziantep’s departure
>A short video from CNNTurk about the departure of TCG Gaziantep from Aksaz Naval Base.Thanks to TRSavunma.
>TCG Gaziantep departed to Gulf of Aden
>On 5th June 2009, Perry class frigate F-490 TCG Gaziantep departed from Aksaz Naval Base. F-491 TCG Gaziantep will replace TCG Giresun in CTF-151. TCG Giresun is in the Gulf of Aden since February 2009. The two frigates are expected to meen in Djibuti, where TCG Giresun will transfer the duty and the valueable information... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gaziantep to join CTF-151, in June.
>F-490 TCG Gaziantep will replace F-491 TCG Giresun in June.TCG Giresun is protecting the civilian shipping from pirates and sea rubbers and is a part of US organised; Turkish led multinational Combat Task Force 151. She has left Turkey on 17th February.TCG Gaziantep will depart for Gulf of Aden on 5th June 2009 and will... Continue Reading →
>Rear Adm. Bener Meets With Coalition Partners
>The commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Rear Adm. Caner Bener, visited Singapore's RSS Persistence and Turkey's TCG Giresun on May 19 to discuss counterpiracy operations.Rear Adm. Bener and his staff are stationed on board of guided-missile cruiser CG-64 USS Gettyburg."It's very important for me as the commander and also for my staff to... Continue Reading →
>Turkey takes command of CTF-151
> On 3rd May 2009, the command of CTF-151 established January 2009, was transferred to Turkish Navy. Turkey will be the second nation to command the counter piracy task force.In a ceremony held in Manama, Bahrain, Rear Adm. Caner Bener relieved Rear Adm. Michelle Howard as commander."As I take command, I would like to emphasize... Continue Reading →
>Pirates attack Turkish container ship
>Turkish owned and flagged container ship M/V CRISTINA A was attacked by pirates 100 miles off the Seychelles Islands. Pirates approached the ship by 50 meters and opened fire with guns. The ship increased its speed to 21 knots and escaped from the pirates.The crew is unharmed. The vessel was built at the Peene Werft... Continue Reading →
>Turkey to command CTF-151
>The US Fifth Fleet announced on Friday it is transferring command of the counter-piracy international naval force CTF 151 to the Turkish Navy on May 3."The US Navy will transfer command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 to the Turkish Navy on Sunday May 3, 2009," Lieutenant Nathan Christensen of the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet... Continue Reading →
>TCG Giresun foils pirate attack on ships
>Last week four Turkish flagged and manned cargo ships, M/V Ulusoy-8, M/V Horizon-1, M/V Halis Kalkavan and M/V Samanyolu were in Gulf of Aden. The vessels were registered to the international organisations vectoring the merchant traffic in the area.According to Turkish Navy pirates approached to Ulusoy-8 shortly after the Greek owned and Saint-Vincent-flagged cargo vessel... Continue Reading →
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