>One of the most important annual exercise conducted by Turkish Navy, Deniz Kurdu is continuing in Aegean and in Med.As there is no official information about this exercise, neither on Turkish Navy web page nor on Turkish General Staff web page, I cannot tell, at the moment, when this exercise has started and when it... Continue Reading →
>Efes 2009 Military Exercise
>Efes 2009 military exercise is continuing in Doğanbey, İzmir. The exercise has started in 6th May and will continue till 29th May.The annual Efes exercises are usually conducted, with live ammunition, in late spring early summer in Doğanbey region that has a beach were amphibious landings are practised. The multinational Egemen 2009 exercies was also... Continue Reading →
>Commanders of Black Sea Navies have met in Varna
> The commanders of the Black Sea navies have gathered in Varna Bulgaria for the "Black Sea Naval Forces Commander Committee Meeting" on 22 May 2009.On a ceremony held on board of the Turkish frigate F-495 TCG Gediz, Admiral Ataç presented the commanders with the BlackSeaFor Medal in appreciation of their countries collaboration into BlackSeaFor.Among... Continue Reading →
>Rear Adm. Bener Meets With Coalition Partners
>The commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Rear Adm. Caner Bener, visited Singapore's RSS Persistence and Turkey's TCG Giresun on May 19 to discuss counterpiracy operations.Rear Adm. Bener and his staff are stationed on board of guided-missile cruiser CG-64 USS Gettyburg."It's very important for me as the commander and also for my staff to... Continue Reading →
>A busy month
>This year, May has been and will be a busy month for the Turkish Navy.Between 28 April - 1 May 2009, a Turkish Week was held in Lebanon. In the scope of these activities F-502 TCG Bandırma and F-492 TCG Gemlik have visited Beirut.F-496 TCG Gökova frigate has visited Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina and... Continue Reading →
>TCG Göksu to take part in Joint Warrior 2009
>I know that Scotland and its Loch's are miles away from Bosphorus but there is a big naval exercise is about to begin and one Turkish warship is taken part in it.The exercise is called Joint Warrior 2009 and is organised by Royal Navy. NATO's SNMG-2 including F-497 TCG Göksu, is taking part. The JW... Continue Reading →
>F-502 TCG Bandırma to UNIFIL
>Turkish A69 class corvette, F-502 TCG Bandırma, will take part in UNIFIL between 17 April and 5 June 2009.Cuurently Belgium is commanding TF-448 UNIFIL.
>A-585 TCG AKIN
>This is A-585 TCG AKIN. She is a swimming piece of history. She was build as a Chanticleer class submarine rescue ship, named ASR-10 USS Greenlet. She was launched in 1942 and commissioned in USN in 1943.She saw action in World War Two. She was in Tokyo Bay, when Japan surrendered in 1945. She saw... Continue Reading →
>Turkey takes command of CTF-151
> On 3rd May 2009, the command of CTF-151 established January 2009, was transferred to Turkish Navy. Turkey will be the second nation to command the counter piracy task force.In a ceremony held in Manama, Bahrain, Rear Adm. Caner Bener relieved Rear Adm. Michelle Howard as commander."As I take command, I would like to emphasize... Continue Reading →
>Black Sea Partnership Exercise 2009 Part-2
>Some of the ships that anticipated in the Black Sea Partnership Exercise 2009 are visiting İstanbul. They have arrived on 2 May and will leave on 4 May.Among the participants the following ships are in İstanbul:F-244 TCG Barbaros, MEKO 200 TN2A class frigate, from Turkish Navy,F-495 TCG Gediz, Perry class frigate, from Turkish Navy,260 Admiral... Continue Reading →
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