According to Times of Oman, Turkish Naval Task Force will dock at the Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat on 19 June 2011. TNTF will conduct joint exercises with their Omani counterparts. During the visit which will last till 22 June, TCG Gelibolu will host a press day. The warships coming here are TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör, TCG Barbaros, TCG Gelibolu,... Continue Reading →
Turkish Naval Task Force Repulsed A Pirate Attack
The Turkish Naval Task Force is currently in the Red Sea. One of the main task given to this fleet was to patrol the pirate infested waters and provide escort for merchant convoys inside the IRTC. On 6 June 2011, when pirates attacked the Liberia flagged M/V Emperor on her way to Bab El Mandeb Strait, Turkish Navy intervened.... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy Task Force Departed For Indian Ocean
On 30 May the Turkish Naval Task Force left Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris for a 70 day deployment in the Indian Ocean. The task force is composed of F-244 TCG Barbaros as flagship, F-492 TCG Gemlik, F-493 TCG Gelibolu and A-595 TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör. Another Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun is already in... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Contribution To NATO Operations Off Libya Takes Shape
> F-243 TCG Yıldırım. Here in Çanakkale on 18 March 2011, soon off the coast of Libya. Turkish contribution to NATO enforced maritime embargo to Libya takes shape. Yesterday, on 23 March it was announced that Turkey would send 4 frigates, one replenishment tanker and one submarine to the NATO task force off the coast of Libya. According to news reports this intention was officially... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy Task Force Conducted Exercise With Eisenhower Strike Group
>Did not know, that on her way from Suez Canal, the Eisenhower Strike Group met with the Turkish Naval Task Force. Turkish task force was in Alexandria, Egypt last weekend conducting a port visit. Thus both groups had found some time to realize a Passex on their way to Turkey. There a good photos at... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Naval Task Force Returns Home
>On 5th July 2010, the four frigates and one replenishment tanker composing the Turkish Naval Task Force will return to their home port Aksaz.They have been away since 5th May. This is the first time that Turkish Navy organized a Task Force and made it cruise the Mediterranean. The task force did more than just... Continue Reading →
>Update On Turkish Naval Task Force
>While, Japanese, Bangladeshi and American warships are visiting ports in Turkey, Turkish Naval Task Force was busy visiting foreign ports.First visit was in Algiers, Algeria.Next visit was in La Goulette, Tunisia.The third visit was in Cartagena, Spain.For more photos and up to date information here is the link to the Task Force's Webpage.
>Turkish Naval Task Group In Cartagena, Spain.
>Turkish Naval Task Group arrived to the port of Cartagena in Spain on Monday 31 May 2010. 1125 military personnel on board of TCG Kemalreis, TCG Turgutreis, TCG Gaziantep, TCG Giresun frigates and on TCG Akar logistics support ship, has seen great interest in the port of Cartagena according to news.There was a press conference... Continue Reading →
>Turkish And German Naval Task Forces Conduct Exercises
>Turkish Naval Task Force met with the German Training Cruise Flotilla south of Crete. The two task forces conducted a series of short exercises: SURFEX, PASSEX and a PHOTEX.The German task force consists of FGS Bradenburg, FGS Niedersachen and FGS Frankfurt am Main. The task force is expected to peform a harpor visit in Istanbul. This is the link... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Naval Task Force Sailed Away From Marmaris
>The Task Force that Turkish Navy organized has sailed away from its homeport of Aksaz, Marmaris. Four frigates and a replenishment tanker will sail for the next 60 days in international waters of Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. According to the schedule released by Turkish Navy, the task force will spend 40 days in sea. 20... Continue Reading →
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