>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 →
>Deniz Kurdu 2009 Naval Exercise
>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.
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