>NATO has send the SNMG-2 back to Gulf of Aden and off Somalia. The group passed the Suez canal on 25th June and is currently in the region.Two photos of F-495 TCG Gediz, Turkish contribution to SNMG-2 can be seen here and here.
>TCG Gediz will join TCG Gaziantep in Gulf of Aden
>According to the official web site of Turkish Navy, Turkey will send a second warship to fight against piracy and armed robbery to the Gulf of Aden.Perry class F-495 TCG Gediz will depart from Gölcük Naval Base on 19th June 2009. She will be a part of the NATO's SNMG-2. Last week NATO decided to... Continue Reading →
>Black Sea Cruise Of Several Turkish Warships
>Apparently some Turkish warships are conducting a public relations / soft power cruise along the Black Sea coast.On 10th June Wednesday, frigates F-240 TCG Yavuz (Meko 200 TN class); F-245 TCG Oruçreis (Meko 200 TN IIA class); F-246 TCG Salihreis (Meko 200 TN IIBclass), F-496 TCG Gökova (Perry class); submarine S-352 TCG Dolunay, fast attack... Continue Reading →
>CTF-151 helped to twart an attack to a Turkish ship
>Turkish Navy announced that Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun, currently attached to CTF-151 helped a Turkish merchantman under attack 700 miles away.Turkish flagged M/V Gökcan was attacked by pirates on 10 June 2009 off the coast of east Oman. While initiating evasive maneuvers and increasing speed the ship notified Turkish authorities that she was under... Continue Reading →
>FFG-7 user symposium
>In May, The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) of USN has hosted a symposium for the all FFG-7 Perry class users. All current Perry users, Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Poland, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey, all of which were represented at the symposium along with USN.USN has 30 FFG-7 frigates, Turkey 8, Spain 6, Australia 4, Taiwan... Continue Reading →
>Video of TCG Gaziantep’s departure
>A short video from CNNTurk about the departure of TCG Gaziantep from Aksaz Naval Base.Thanks to TRSavunma.
>TCG Gaziantep departed to Gulf of Aden
>On 5th June 2009, Perry class frigate F-490 TCG Gaziantep departed from Aksaz Naval Base. F-491 TCG Gaziantep will replace TCG Giresun in CTF-151. TCG Giresun is in the Gulf of Aden since February 2009. The two frigates are expected to meen in Djibuti, where TCG Giresun will transfer the duty and the valueable information... Continue Reading →
>Vice Admiral Karamalikis is in Turkey
>The Chief of Hellenic Navy General Staff Vice Admiral Georgios Karamalikis, will visit Turkey as guest of Admiral Metin Ataç, Commander of Turkish Navy.He will stay in Turey from 1st June till 5th June. This visit was decided during Admiral Ataç's visit to Athens last October, as a part of confidence building measures.Vice Admiral Karamalikis... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gaziantep to join CTF-151, in June.
>F-490 TCG Gaziantep will replace F-491 TCG Giresun in June.TCG Giresun is protecting the civilian shipping from pirates and sea rubbers and is a part of US organised; Turkish led multinational Combat Task Force 151. She has left Turkey on 17th February.TCG Gaziantep will depart for Gulf of Aden on 5th June 2009 and will... Continue Reading →
>Deniz Kurdu 2009 Naval Exercise Part-2
>Okey, the distinguished observer day of the Deniz Kurdu 2009 naval exercise was not yesterday but today.And according to news and photos it was a day of full of action.For interesting videos of the exercise click here and here. These are courtesy of http://trsavunma.com.Of the 11 frigates, 14 fast attack craft, 8 submarines, 3 corvettes... Continue Reading →
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