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Turkish Navy Bayraktar Class Tank Landing Ship TCG Sancaktar pictured as she transits the Bosphorus on May 11th 2021.

Here is the YAVUZ saluting in Malta, 1936. Also, post war in Sept, '45. DFO

Yavuz Class Frigate (MEKO 200 variant), TCG Fatih pictured off Beirut in 2022.

Turkiye’s Drone Carrier TCG Anadolu Starts Official Sea Trials


The Turkish Navy's future landing helicopter dock (LHD), TCG Anadolu (L-400), was spotted at sea on June 20, 2022. Company officials confirmed that the LHD has begun official sea trials.

See - https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... ea-trials/

Link from Tim.

Two pics of ANADOLU on her sea trials........ DFO

Turkey sends Type 209 submarine and three warships to Cyprus

According to information published by In Cyprus on July 19, 2022, a total of four ships of the Turkish Navy will be in the occupied ports of Famagusta and Kyrenia as part of “celebrations” for the July 20, 1974 invasion of Turkey in Cyprus.

See - https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.p ... yprus.html

Link from Tim.

On September 17th 2022, the Turkish Defense Industry Agency (SSB) hosted a press tour aboard the Turkish Navy's future flagship, TCG Anadolu (L-400), and revealed information about the project's schedule.

On September 17th 2022, the Turkish Defense Industry Agency (SSB) hosted a press tour aboard the Turkish Navy's future flagship, TCG Anadolu (L-400), and revealed information about the project's schedule.

Shunned by the US, Turkey is preparing to launch its first aircraft carrier — but it will come with a twist

Turkey is close to commissioning its largest warship, the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu.

The ship was meant to operate with F-35B jets, but the US kicked Turkey out of the F-35 program.

Turkey will instead operate the Anadolu with drones, using them to project power across the region.

Turkey is getting closer to commissioning its first aircraft carrier, TCG Anadolu. In January, Ankara announced that the ship had begun its acceptance trials, capping off a nearly decade-long development cycle marked by unfortunate delays.

The ship, which is to be Turkey's flagship, will bolster the Turkish military's force-projection and expeditionary capabilities and will make Turkey one of the few countries with a domestically built aircraft carrier.

But Anadolu will be more than Turkey's first carrier. It will also be the world's first flattop with an air wing made up mostly of unmanned aircraft.

The US kicked Turkey out of the F-35 program in 2019, leaving Ankara without fighter jets for its new carrier. But Turkish officials were determined to operate fixed-wing aircraft aboard Anadolu and have turned to Turkey's increasingly capable drone industry to fill in the gap.

See - https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shunned-us-tu ... ccounter=1

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Due to the current restrictions of warship entry to the Black Sea via the Bosphorus Straits, Submarine Rescue Mothership TCG Alemdar appears to be the only vessel available to assist in the recovery of the downed US MQ-9 Reaper drone, whether or not the Turks would acquiesce to assist.