>On Friday, 18 March 2011, to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles.It meant a 25 hours round trip to Çanakkale for me, to watch the parade, take photos of the participating ships and return home.But it was worth... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday, I was cordially invited like all other citizens of Istanbul to the temporary SpanishEmbassy in Istanbul.It was one of the most interesting and enjoyablehalf an hour I have had. This is a benefit of being unemployed at the moment. I could never spare me time to visit the ship if I was working.Of course... Continue Reading →
>For those who were wondering were I was, I am posting the photos below.It was a very nice and relaxing holiday.
>F-240 TCG Yavuz, Meko 200 Track IToday is the 87th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.It is a custom of Turkish Navy to send a couple of warships to port cities and open them for public visitingThis year F-240 TCG Yavuz and F-243 TCG Yıldırım are in Istanbul. Last year F-242 TCG Fatih and F-497 TCG... Continue Reading →
>I was able to take some photos of the two frigates and one patrol craft which were in Istanbul to celebrate the Navy Day. F-243 TCG YıldırımP-128 TCG AB-28F-240 TCG YavuzEarly in the morning as I was taking these photos there was a downpour. Later it turned to be a sunny day but I was... Continue Reading →
>August 30 is a national holiday in Turkey to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar, the final battle in the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.The Battle of Dumlupınar was fought from 26 August to 30 August 1922. As a custom Turkish warships visited Istanbul to take part in the commemorations. This year... Continue Reading →
>NATO's Standing MCM Group 2 has arrived in Izmir harbor today. The task force will stay there till 6th August.SNMCMG-2 was in Black Sea since mid July and conducted Breeze/Certex 2010 exercise with Bulgarian Navy. The task force passed through Bosporus on 1st august 2010 Sunday. I was able to take photos of the ships but because... Continue Reading →
>http://www.turkishnavy.net/SATinfiltrationboattrial.wmvI have made a short video from the photos of the infiltration boat. It is not a real movie, just still photos pasted after one other, thus the video is shaky and not fluent. But never the less I believe it shows radiates the speed and agility of the boat.
>Today was a good day for ship spotting. I was able to observe the construction of MILGEM, from a distance. The work on her mast seems to be almost completed. The housing for the ESM/ECM sensors is finished and soon the sensor will be installed. The work on the aft seems to have progressed. The... Continue Reading →
>The last weekend Istanbul welcomed German Training Cruise Flotilla, wonderful tall ships of the Historical Seas Tall Ships Regatta. As I was down with a bad flu on Sunday, I missed the parade sailing of the tall ships but as promised I am posting a few photos I have made on Saturday. Bulgarian sailing ship... Continue Reading →
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