Today, Turkish Navy will pass the command of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 to German Navy for a period of one year. Turkey took the command of SNMG -2 last year in Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris Turkey. For the first half of the tenure, during the task forces' Mediterranean, Black Sea, Baltic and North Sea... Continue Reading →
Why Turkey Rejected UK’s Global Combat Ship
Well, marketing is not selling. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the contractor BAE paid a high price to learn this elementary lesson in selling. Actually they did a good marketing campaign to gain favor among Turkish decision makers. BAE attended every important defence related exhibition in 2011. During these events the representatives of... Continue Reading →
Aerial Reconnaissance
This is a photo of F-512 TCG Büyükada the second ship of Milgem Class, taken from an airplane window. She was launched on 27th September 2012. Since then she is being fitted in Istanbul Naval Shipyard. The construction seems to be focused on the forecastle and on the flight deck. There is a scaffolding around the mast. Judging the state of her construction she might be ready... Continue Reading →
SNMCMG-2 Conducted Exercise With Italian Navy
According to NATO, the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended its participation in Italian Minex 12, an annual exercise directed by the Italian Navy MCM Forces Command The Exercise Started on 14th May and ended on 28th May, involved 14 naval units from Italy and SNMCMG2 as well as bomb-disposal specialists from... Continue Reading →
Turkish Warships Visit Novorossiysk During Training Cruise
Two ships of Turkish Navy A-1600 TCG Iskenderun and A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa, have finished their port visit to Novorossiysk, Russia. The ships are on an open sea training cruises for the freshman of the Naval Petty Officer Training School, to prepare the future mariners for their duties. The cruise will end on... Continue Reading →
BAE Lost The Turkish Bid, Before The Acquisition Process Started
The Turkish daily, Hürriyet Daily News, published an article by Mr. Özgür Ekşi, reporting that the Turkish Defense Ministry sent a letter informing their British counterparts, last month saying that Turkey was “no longer interested” in BAE Systems’ offer. Thus the hopes of BAE to take part in the next big Turkish naval acquisition project TF-2000 are... Continue Reading →
Phoenix Express 2012 and Beyaz Fırtına 2012 Naval Exercises
According to a statement made on the Official Turkish Navy Web page, Turkey is participating to the Phoenix Express exercise. Phoenix Express 2012, a multi-national at-sea maritime exercise designed to help increase maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean Sea and to improve cooperation among participating nations of Algeria, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morocco,... Continue Reading →
On Board Of The BlackSeaFor Ships
As I have reported earlier, the ships of the BlackSeafor fleet visited Istanbul between 20 and 23 April 2012. They were open to the public and I took the opportunity to visit them all. It was an interesting experience for me as I was able to compare different ships build by very different construction standards... Continue Reading →
BlackSeaFor Task Force Will Leave Sevastopol
On 17th April 2012, the ships of the BlackSeaFor naval task force will end their port visit in Sevastopol, Ukraine and will be sailing again for further training. This is the google translation of the official announcement from the Ukraine Defence Ministry website: April 10-12 ships, after four-day stay in the port of Constanta (Romania), which began on April 6... Continue Reading →
Turkish Naval Academy Training Craft
Six of the eight training craft of the Turkish Naval Academy were seen during a navigation and formation training at Bosphorus. I guess this is a good opportunity to try WordPress' new photo gallery tool. Enjoy!
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