SACEUR, Adm. Stavridis arrived in Ankara today. He had meetings with General Özel, Cheif of Staff of Turkish Armed Forces, with Mr. Yılmaz, MoD Turkey, and Turkish MoFA delegates. He was in Israel yesterday and the day before attending some meetings too. When the most senior commander within NATO visits two countries that have a... Continue Reading →
Today the second ship of the Milgem class corvettes, F-512 TCG Büyükada was launched with a ceremony in Tuzla Naval Shipyard, Istanbul. I wish her calm sea and following winds. This is a short video I have made using time-lapse technique. And this is a professional news quality video of the same event
While thew worlds attention is turned to the recent meetings and debates in the UN in New York, the high tension situation continues in the Eastern Med. The harsh rhetoric of last week turned into concrete actions. Turkey signed an oil and gas exploration agreement with Northern Cyprus the Turkish Cypriot part of the island.... Continue Reading →
As 19th September 2011, US based energy company Noble Energy is starting to drill for gas off Cyprus in Block 12. The company has already conducting exploration for gas off the Coast of Israel and found some large gas reservoirs. Block 12 lies just across the border of the Israeli-Cypriot maritime exclusive economic zones from... Continue Reading →
This is going to be one of the largest NATO naval exercises out side of the Mediterranean. The exercise Northern Coasts (NoCo) was first held in 2007. The aim of the exercise is to prepare participants for potential NATO operations. This year the exercise Northern Coasts is combined with exercise Danex. Consequently, there are also references to current, real... Continue Reading →
The submarine deal, Greece made with Germany back in 1998 is continuing to make headlines. Last time when the project was in headlines was in May. At that time the German DA's were accusing several former executives of Ferrostaal, the Germany firm that was part of the consortium which won the contract, for paying kickbacks to... Continue Reading →
Political analysis has never been my strong suit. Therefore I was reluctant to write about the press statement of the Turkish Foreign Minister, regarding Turkish-Israeli relations. This statement can be regarded as the end of Mr. Davutoğlu's own personal “Zero problems with the neighbors” foreign policy. Whether that was a sustainable and realistic policy is... Continue Reading →
This year we celebrate the 89th anniversary of 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. Even if the Turkish Armed Forces may be in a mood to celebrate, we shall not forget... Continue Reading →
Turkey and South Korea are in direct competition to sell Indonesia 209 Type 1400 class conventional submarines, designed by Germany. This project might be a good example how globalization and dissemination of advanced ship building technologies shape the our world. Although never ever used by the German Navy, the Type 209 submarines are one of best post Second World War submarine designs made in Germany.... Continue Reading →
According to the Greek defence blog Fox2magazine the Greek landing ship HS Rodos arrived in Varna, Bulgaria on 25th August 2011. She will be open to public visit on 26th and 27th 2011. Interestingly, the fleet of the BlackSeafor also arrived in Varna for the last visit of the August 2011 activation. The ships left Trabzon, Turkey... Continue Reading →
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