>Here is the text of the opening address, General İlker Başbuğ, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces made at the beginning of Silk Road-2010 flag officer seminar.It is important as it reflects the official stance of Turkish Armed Forces about NATO’s New Strategic Concept.
>Caner Gönyeli 2010 SAR Exercise
>Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will conduct the annual serach and rescue exercise Caner Gönyeli between 14 and 18 June 2010.The exercise area covers, TRNC, its territorial waters, and Turkish SAR area in Eastern Mediterranean. It will be a joint exercise where civil maritime instructions like Coast Safety Directorate will cooperate with... Continue Reading →
>A New Turkey?
>CDR Salamander has one of the most influential blogs about maritime affairs, politics and sailors on the milblogosphere.After his post about Kemalism and Turkey, he was kind enough to ask me whether I wanted to write my own comments on his blog. I was happy to do so. This is the result:While the dust cloud... Continue Reading →
>USS Ramage In Bodrum
>http://www.haberler.com/video-haber/iframe/video.asp?id=2088858DDG-61 USS Ramage arrived in Bodrum for a short visit. She was in Kuşadası one month ago.I do not know why but someone in a news agency or media portal mistakenly wrote the length of the ships as 18 meters. And all other news portals are copy pasting it without thinking that something might be... Continue Reading →
>About Israeli Raid On Mavi Marmara
>Very has been said and written about the Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla on Monday 31 May 2010. And many things will be said and written in the future. So here in my own blog and space, I will try to share my 2 kuruş. 1) I believe the flotilla reached its strategic... Continue Reading →
>Port Visits
>Mersin port was busy last week. First there were visitors from Japan. Three Japanese was ships visited the city commemorate the sinking of the Ottoman frigate Ertugrul, in Kushimoto, Japan, 1890.TV 3508 JDS Kashima, TV-3515 JDS Yamagiri and DD-125 JDS Sawayuki stayed in town from 1st till 4th September. After the Japanese warships left, two... Continue Reading →
>The Resurrection Of The Russian Black Sea Fleet
>Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!"All together!All together!Once more, once again, still once moreThe famous "Ei Ukhnyem", or "The Song of the Volga Boatmen" starts with a deep, slow and heavy chorus, slowly increasing in tone. It is a motivational song, helping the exhausted Burlaks endure the burden, struggle more, once again, once more.... Continue Reading →
>Israel Boards, Turkish Ship Heading To Gaza: At Least 10 Death (UPDATE-1)
>Israeli soldiers boarded Turkish Comoros flagged M/V Mavi Marmara, heading to Gaza. According to first media reports at least 10 people have died during and after of the boarding. The boarding happened at least 40 miles away from the shore. M/V Mavi Marmara was bought by Turkish humanitarian aid group and was delivering cargo to... Continue Reading →
>Private Turkish Protection Teams In Action At GoA
>A Turkish private company has started to offer protection services for Turkish merchant ships going through Gulf of Aden. This is the first of its kind. According to the website of the company, they received authorization from the Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs, as a Recognized Security Organization according to International Ship and Port Security Code... Continue Reading →
>Strategic And Military Importance Of The Sevastopol Basing Agreement
>Last week both Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and Russian Parliament (Duma) ratified the agreement between Russia and Ukraine to extend the use of Sevastopol naval base in Ukraine for Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) for 25 more years after May 28, 2017.Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, argues that this agreement has more strategic value than military as... Continue Reading →
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