Since 4th May, the Joint Combined Exercise Efes 16 is conducted in Turkey. The national exercise Efes, is being held as a multinational event for the first time this year, including about 7,000 service members from the U.S. Army and Navy, Azerbaijan, England, Germany, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The purpose of the exercise... Continue Reading →
The Deniz Yıldızı 2016 naval exercise continues in Black Sea. According to Turkish General Staff, 25 warships and submarine plus 11 aircraft and helicopter takes part in the exercise. As reported earlier, over the weekend the ships conducted port visits in many cities both in country and abroad. Here is the list of the ships... Continue Reading →
One hundred and one years ago the idyllic town of Çanakkale was the center of a very fierce and bloody fighting, which shaped the directly the future of Turkey, which became a modern, secular state after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. A mighty armada of Royal Navy and French warships tried to force its... Continue Reading →
Ukrainian warships Hetman Sahaidachny and Balta made a short port visit to Istanbul today. Both ships passed through Istanbul Strait on 7th March 2016 and sailed to main Turkish Navy base in Gölcük, Kocaeli. There the ships have conducted joint exercises with Turkish warships. The frigate Hetman Sahaidachny and the degaussing ship Balta arrived on... Continue Reading →
The year 2015 will be remembered by the horrendous stories of ordinary people who had to leave their homes, possessions, who had to made painful and dangerous voyages to reach Europe just to survive. If you think the refuge crises was bad in 2015 it will be a lot worse in 2016. First the number... Continue Reading →
Last week NATO has decided in a very unorthodox speedy way -in a very un-NATO fashion- to deploy one of her naval task force to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece. Dispatching Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2)to the Aegean was not a big deal since the task force spend the... Continue Reading →
A few weeks earlier I have compiled the order of battle of Turkish Navy here. This is the order of battle for Turkish Coast Guard: Active Building Planned Offshore patrol vessels 4 Large patrol craft 58 Small patrol craft 47 Control craft 85 Search and rescue craft 44 Helicopters 14 Planes 3 A detailed version... Continue Reading →
On 10 February 2016, The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, extended the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and adjacent seas. The first bill allowing Turkish government to deploy Turkish Naval Forces for anti piracy operations was accepted in 10 February 2009. It was extended in one year periods ever since. Turkish warship... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I have last updated the order of battle for Turkish Navy. Here is the current one: Active Building Planned Submarines (Note-1) 13 1 5 Frigates (Note-2) 16 8 Corvettes 8 2 Fast Attack Craft – Missile (Note-3) 21 4 Patrol Craft (Note-4) 34 Mine hunters/Mine sweepers (Note-5) 15 6... Continue Reading →
The ships, taking part in Operation Albatos, the seizure of the Bolivian flagged cargo ship M/V Joudi have returned to Aksaz Naval Base. More details about the Operation Albatros has emerged.The 13600 kilogram marijuana with a street value of 250 million USD was loaded to the ship in Tartus in Syria. All ports in Syria... Continue Reading →
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