F-490 TCG Gaziantep helped a drifting Egyptian fishing boat off the coast of Libya according to an announcement of Turkish General Staff. TCG Gaziantep is one of the 4 frigates Turkish Navy has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, enforcing the arms embargo against Libya. The fishing boat El-Halevi was drifting in a storm after an engine failure.... Continue Reading →
The Turkish civilian ferry M/F Ankara finally docked at Misurata port tonight according to Turkish Foreign Ministry tweets. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting off the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the... Continue Reading →
Admiral Murat Birgel, the Commander of Turkish Navy is in Russia for bilateral meetings. On the first leg of this visit the Turkish delegation was Moscow. There Admiral Birgel has met Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. during the meeting Russian and Turkish commanders pointed out that the BlackSeaFor created a very suitable platform for military... Continue Reading →
I have not much information about the reactions of Koreans on the Type 214 submarines. But it is clear that these submarines are creating headaches among the politicians, bureaucrats and soldiers on the both sides of the Aegean Sea. On the other side of the Aegean, The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (S.D.O.E) of the... Continue Reading →
> 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 →
>According to Reuters, Turkey agreed to provide 4 frigates, one submarine and one support ship to NATO, so that NATO can enforce the arms embargo imposed on Libya. The alliance had offers of 16 ships to implement a decision to launch the mission taken by NATO this week, NATO military officer Brigadier Pierre St Amand told a... Continue Reading →
>On Friday, 18 March 2011, to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles.It meant a 25 hours round trip to Çanakkale for me, to watch the parade, take photos of the participating ships and return home.But it was worth... Continue Reading →
>N-16 TCG NusretThere are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them.She was a German built mine layer in service of Ottoman Navy when she laid 20 new mines to a bay which was used previously cleared by Allied mine sweepers. This bay was used to... Continue Reading →
>F-495 TCG Gediz. The first Gabya class frigate to receive Mk41 VLSThis is most probably the first photo of the Turkish frigate F-495 TCG Gediz with the newly installed 8 cell Mk-41 VLS system.In 2009 it was announced that four of the eight Gabya (Perry) class frigates in Turkish inventory would receive a 8 cell Mk-41 VLS... Continue Reading →
> This is sort of breaking news. The civilian ferry M/V Ankara left Istanbul in the evening of 16. March 2011. Her possible port of call is Sirte, Libya. Her sister M/V Samsun is in Tripoli since 15 March 2011. She is evacuating Egyptians who flee from Libya. Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 1) Turkey Continues Evacuations... Continue Reading →
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