Turkish Navy Conducts Deniz Yıldızı 2015 Exercise

TCG Oruçreis saling to the Black Sea.

TCG Salihreis on her way to the Black Sea.

TCG Turgutreis making her northbound passage in IStanbul.

TCG Yavuz at night, on her way to the Black Sea.

TCG Atak making her northbound passage. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

TCG Kılıç sailing to the Black Sea. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

TCG Mızrak heading to the Black Sea. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

TCG Zıpkın making her northbound passage. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

TCG Bozcaada heading to the Black Sea. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

TCG Bandırma making her northbound passage. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

On 6 April 2015 we had witnessed northbound passage of a large number of Turkish warships, 5 frigates, 2 corvettes, 4 fast attack craft in total. The reason is the start of the Deniz Yıldızı 2015 naval exercise in Black Sea.

According to the Turkish Navy website following units will take part in the exercise: 6 frigates, 3 corvettes, 5 fast attack craft, 2 submarines, 7 auxiliaries, 2 patrol boats,  3 maritime surveillance planes, 7 helicopters helicopters.  From Coast Guard 2 OPV’s, 4 cutters and 1 SAR helicopter will participate in the exercise.

The exercise is scheduled to end on 16 April. On 11 April the participating ships will make port visits in several Black Sea towns.

This is the list of the participants as far as I could find: