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Template:Turkish Millitary

Turkish Navy (Template:Lang-tr) is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. Turkish Navy can participate in international operations and exercises beyond Mediterranean Sea. Submarines can individually navigate up to 15,000 nautical miles and return to home bases.

History

Turkish Navy was once the largest sea power in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, entering the history books of many countries from the British Isles, Faroe Islands and Iceland in the West to India, Indonesia and Malaysia in the East. Turkish Navy is a part of the national consciousness of many nations such as the Algerians and Tunisians as "allies", or the Maltese, Italians, Portuguese and Spaniards as "rivals" (even Miguel de Cervantes joined the Allied European Fleet to fight the Turks at the Third Battle of Lepanto in 1571.) Images and frescoes of the Turkish Navy are depicted on the walls of many famous palaces throughout Europe, such as the Pitti Palace in Florence and the Doge's Palace in Venice. Famous Turkish admirals like Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha (known as Barbarossa (Redbeard) in the West) who twice defeated the Allied European Fleet under the command of Andrea Doria, or Oruç Reis (Barbarossa's brother, known as Aruj in the West), Turgut Reis (known as Dragut in the West), Uluç (Kılıç) Ali Reis, Murat Reis, Kemal Reis, Salih Reis, Burak Reis, Piyale Pasha and Seydi Ali Reis have all made it to the hall of fame of famous mariners in the world. The famous Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri Reis crafted amazing maps and books of navigation, including the first Piri Reis World Map in 1513 which is the oldest surviving map of America and is preserved in the Library of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Other works of Piri Reis are preserved in the Turkish Naval Museum in Istanbul.

Officers

• Chief of the Turkish General Staff: General Yaşar Büyükanıt

• Commander of the Navy: Admiral Yener Karahanoğlu

• Fleet Command: Admiral Metin Ataç

• Northern Sea Area Command: Vice Admiral Uğur Yiğit

• Southern Sea Area Command: Vice Admiral Alev Gümüşoğlu

• Naval Training and Education Command: Vice Admiral Murat Bilgel

Structure

• Fleet Command
  • Surface Action Group Command, Gölcük, Kocaeli
  • Submarine Group Command
  • Fast Patrol Boat Group Command, Istanbul
  • Mine Warfare Group Command, Erdek
  • Logictic Support Group Command, Gölcük, Kocaeli
  • Naval Aviation Group Command, Cengiz Topel, Izmit
• Northern Sea Area Command, Istanbul
  • Istanbul Strait Command
  • Çanakkale Strait Command
  • Naval Hydrography and Oceanography Division Command
  • Naval Museum Command, Istanbul
• Southern Sea Area Command, Izmir
  • Navy Infantry Brigade Command
    • Amphibious Group Command
  • Accompaniment and Patrol Boats Flotilla
  • Aksaz Naval Base Command
• Naval Training and Education Command, Istanbul
  • Naval Academy, Tuzla, Istanbul
  • Naval High School, Heybeliada, Istanbul
  • Karamürselbey Training Centre Command, Yalova

Main equipment

Source

External links

• Official Turkish Navy Website
• Official Turkish Armed Forces Website
• Turkish Naval Museum
• Turkish Navy

• Turkish Navy