On 25 June I was at the northern entrance of the Bosphorus for a day trip. At first the sound of the aircraft engine did not grab my attention but the blooming parachutes did. The plane is a CASA CN-235 cargo plane, very similar to the ASW planes of the Turkish Navy. But the lack... Continue Reading →
These two wonderful photos of one of the two Turkish Naval Special Forces’s infiltration boat making a dash through Bosphorus was send to me by my Bulgarian reader Nikolay Zlatev. I thank him very much. Interestingly the Undersecretariat For Defense Industries published one Request For Information document to purchase additional infiltration boats.
On 5th November 2012 the mine warfare exercise organised by Turkish Navy Nusret 2012 will start in İzmir, Turkey. In addition to Turkish naval,coast guard and air force units, NATO SNMCMG-2, US and Greek naval units will participate in the exercise which will end on 15th November 2012. Observers from Azerbaijan, UAE, Georgia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman will... Continue Reading →
On 31st May 2012, an old and rusty mine was found in a popular beach in Didim, Aydın. A swimmer notified the local police about an odd-shaped rusty metal object laying on the sea floor after she/he injured her/his feed by it. The local police turned to the coast guard for help. Eventually the Navy... Continue Reading →
On 10th March 2012, the fishing boat M/V Yeni Asya returned home with a very unusual catch: a G7A torpedo. The fishing boat found the torpedo dangled in its nets as they were fishing off the coast of Foça, İzmir. The waters around Foça, located at the entrance of Bay of İzmir is one of the popular exercise areas of Turkish Navy. The fishermen realized that it the torpedo was an... Continue Reading →
When the crew of the fishing boat Rafet Reis 3 cast their nets off the Kabatepe on Gallipoli Peninsula for a good catch of fish, they found something else: a very old and rusty object. According to the captain of the fishing vessel, they have encountered mines before when hunting in the region. But this time the object did not looked like the... Continue Reading →
Turkish and Egyptian navies will take part in exercise called Bahr El-Muhabbe (Sea of Friendship) between 17 and 23 December 2011. The exercise will be hosted by Turkey and will be executed in Eastern Mediterranean. According to the press release of Turkish Navy, the aim of the exercise is to develop mutual cooperation and interoperability between two... Continue Reading →
Between 20th and 30th November 2011 The Turkish Navy will host the Nusret 2011 Exercise. This is an annual exercise to hone mine hunting skills of the participants. This years exercise area is Bay of Saros just west of the Gelibolu peninsula which is a very appropriate place for a mine warfare exercise. The list of the... Continue Reading →
Almost one week has passed since the hijacking of the M/V Kartepe. With each passing day the dust and gun smoke around the whole affair settles leaving us with a better view of the things that happened during that night. As always the first information about the incident was incorrect or false. There was only... Continue Reading →
>A fishing boat found a mine in its nets when it was hunting in Güllük Bay, Muğla.The rusted mine was brought to the harbor by the boat and was carefully lifted to the shore. In such cases the local authorities call in the naval special forces EOD teams in order to destroy the mine.In 2010 alone in three different occasions a... Continue Reading →
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