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Παρασκευή 8 Οκτωβρίου 2010

Another glorious page in Turkish naval tradition: from "Malta Yok" to the "F494 Gokceada" Kenya fiasco

Fast action saves port from shipping crisis

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000019785&cid=464&

Published on 06/Oct./2010 

By Patrick Beja
There was panic in the maritime industry this week when a naval ship hit a heap of sand and got stuck at Mombasa port entrance.
In the 9.30 am incident, on Monday, authorities moved quickly to rescue the vessel as they feared it could sink and block the main shipping lane or spill oil and damage the delicate marine environment.
The Turkish vessel christened Gokceada touched ground off Mama Ngina drive at about 10 am as it sailed off, catching maritime authorities off guard.
Five tug-boats including an anti-pollution vessel were dispatched to the scene to rescue the naval vessel labelled F494.
After about an hour of rescue, the naval ship was towed back to the port where it has stayed for four days taking supplies.
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) harbour master Captain Twalib Khamis confirmed the incident and said the ship developed some mechanical problems.
He, however, said the ship was not damaged. It was reportedly sailing out to Dar es Salaam port. "The ship has been taken back to the port for checks and will sail out later," Captain Khamis explained.
Rescue operations
During the towing, a KPA tug Simba II pushed from behind, while another christened El-Lamy was in the front pulling. The tugs were tied to the naval vessel with a chain.
The naval vessel is part of many others protecting shipping off the Coast of Somalia from pirate attacks. Maritime sources said the ship would have caused a major shipping crisis if it sunk on the spot as that was the entrance to the port.
"The channel is narrow and the naval ship could have blocked other ships if the rescue mission could have delayed," said the source.
The incident served as a reminder of another incident early this year in which a ship sent panic in maritime authority after it leant to one side. Hundreds of onlookers gathered on both sides of the Kilindini channel to watch the mishap as many feared it could sink and block the shipping route.
A fortnight ago, Transport minister Mr Amos Kimunya told maritime stakeholders in Mombasa that the construction of Lamu port was urgent because the Kilindini channel leading to Mombasa port was narrow and could lead to a shipping disaster if blocked accidentally by a ship.
The minister said since Kenya served landlocked countries such as Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, it was necessary to get an alternative seaport at Lamu.

read also: 
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?187332-Turkish-frigate-F-492-TCG-G%F6k%E7eada-hit-a-heap-of-sand-and-got-stuck-at-Mombasa-port

and leave comments here:
http://www.topix.com/news/pirates/2010/10/fast-action-saves-port-from-shipping-crisis

Παιδιά, δεν κάνετε για θάλασσα: από το Malta Yok στην κολλημένη Τούρκικη φρεγάτα F-494 Gokceada στην Κένυα!


Πέμπτη, 7 Οκτωβρίου 2010

Η επίδειξη υψηλής ναυτοσύνης του Τουρκικού Ναυτικού πλέον λαμβάνει διαστάσεις διεθνούς φαινομένου.

Πρωταγωνιστής του περιστατικού το οποίο έλαβε χώρα στις 9.30 το πρωί της Δευτέρας (4/10) στο λιμάνι της Μομπάσα στην Κένυα, δεν είναι άλλος παρα η τουρκική φρεγάτα F-494 Gokceada, η οποία μετά απο άστοχο χειρισμό του καπετάνιου προσάραξε σε ύφαλο στην είσοδο του λιμανιού μπλοκάροντας την θαλάσσια οδό προσωρινά. Το περιστατικό σήμανε την άμεση κινητοποίηση των Κενυατικών αρχών οι οποίες φοβούμενες οτι το σκάφος μπορούσε να βυθιστεί φράσσοντας την είσοδο στο κύριο λιμάνι της χώρας απέστειλαν ταχύτατα 5 ρυμουλκά και ένα αντιρυπαντικό σκάφος, τα οποία μετά από συντονισμένες προσπάθειες μιας ώρας κατάφεραν να ξεκολλήσουν το σκάφος και να το ρυμουλκήσουν πάλι στο λιμάνι.
Ο λιμενάρχης Captain Twalib Khamis επιβεβαίωσε ότι η φρεγάτα παρουσίασε μηχανικά προβλήματα άγνωστης έκτασης, λόγω της πρόσκρουσης. Η F-494 επέστρεφε στις περιπολίες της ανοιχτά της Σομαλίας μετά απο μια παραμονή 4 ημερών στο λιμάνι όταν "έγινε το κακό".. Το περιστατικό θυμίζει έντονα παλαιότερα "κατορθώματα" του Τουρκικού Ναυτικού,όπως τις προσαράξεις των F-501 Bodrum και F-240 Yavuz σε Μεγίστη και Κω αντίστοιχα.

Σάββατο 5 Ιουνίου 2010

Το Δαβουτόγλειο μπούμεραγκ : İsrail Yok!...όπως λέμε: Malta Yok!...*

"Davudoglu's boomerang: İsrail Yok!...as we say: Malta Yok!..."*

Το στρατηγικό εγχείρημα Νταβούτογλου πέτυχε τον πρώτο στόχο του. Το Ισραήλ απομονώθηκε, και οι Τουρκαλάδες υποκριτικά αναδεικνύονται οι χατζαροφόροι προστάτες των καταπιεσμένων Παλαιστινίων.
Τουρκία-Ισραήλ 1-0 λοιπόν. Ο λεβάντες φουσκώνει τα πανιά της Δαβουτόγλειας ναυαρχίδας.
Τα σπαθιά έχουν βγεί από τις ξιφοθήκες, καί στα τριακόσια εκκατομύρια των Αράβων προστίθενται τώρα τα εβδομήντα των Τούρκων. Η Αμερική τρέχει και δεν φτάνει να μαζέψει τα ασυμάζευτα των δύο στυλοβατών της στην περιοχή.
Ο θρίαμβος του Ερντογάν, πού έχει συσπειρώσει πίσω του τις λαϊκές μάζες του Ισλάμ, καί όχι μόνον, στην Τουρκία καί στην Μέση Ανατολή, και η αντίστοιχη ταπείνωση του Νετανιάχου που επιφέρει επάνω του την μήνιν του συνόλου του Ισραηλίτικου πολιτικού κόσμου, είναι σε απολύτως αντίστρόφη αναλογία.
Είναι όμως έτσι τα πράγματα; To 1-0 ΤΥουρκίας-Ισραήλ σίγουρα δεν θα κρατήσει γιά πολύ. Το Ισραήλ, ευτυχώς γιά την Ελλάδα καί την Κύπρο, δεν είναι Κιχωτικοί ανεμόμυλλοι γιά να κονταροχτυπιέται μαζί του, έτσι, γιά το Ισλαμικό θεαθείναι, ο κάθε Γιενί-Οσμανλί νταβατζής. Η Ισλαμοκρατική Τουρκία θα βρεί επί τέλους τον μάστορή της.
Τό τρομακτικής δύναμης και επιροής Εβραϊκό Λόμπυ στις ΗΠΑ έχει ήδη μπεί σε τροχειά κίνησης με την αξιοθαύμαστη εκγρήγορση και τον δυναμισμό που πάντα το διακρίνει.
Το παρακάτω άρθρο, γραμμένο από έναν ρεπουμπλικανό βουλευτή από το Ιλλινόϊς, συμφωνεί δεν συμφωνεί κανείς μαζί του (άλλο θέμα αυτό, και δευτερεύον άλλως τε στο θέμα μας) είναι πάντως ενδεικτικό της οργανωμένης δουλειάς που πέφτει καί του σκηνικού αντι-Τουρκικής προπαγάνδας που μεθοδικά στήνεται στις ΗΠΑ.

Photo by: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hello, Turkey?By AARON SCHOCK
06/06/2010


The Turkish foreign minister recently called the flotilla episode ‘Turkey’s 9-11.’

There are some vital points being overlooked in the international coverage of the Israeli response to the Gaza flotilla, and a mountain of hypocrisy that needs to be exposed. Egypt, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and every Arab foreign minister agreed that Hamas not be allowed to control the southern border crossing with Egypt after the terror group violently seized control of Gaza in 2007.

Yes, Egypt has blockaded Gaza under Hamas’s control as much as the Israelis have – and with the widespread support of Arab governments and the PA. Where’s the outrage?

Palestinians are supposedly experiencing a humanitarian crisis, and yet no Arab or Islamic government has demanded Egypt open its border with Gaza. Hello, Turkey?

When Israel pulled out completely from the Gaza Strip in 2005, it imposed no blockade. It was only after Hamas began a terror campaign with 10,000 rockets fired at Israeli civilians that Israel and Egypt imposed this blockade – with PA and Arab support. No Arab government wanted a terror-prone Hamas to flourish in Gaza, let alone spread.

ONE NEEDS to ask: If the Kurds or the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) across the Turkish border in Iraq rained 10,000 rockets on Turkish civilians, what would the Turks do? After all, the Kurds have legitimate disputes with the government of Turkey, and have been viciously repressed.

What if international NGOs decided to airlift humanitarian supplies to PKK refugees in Iraq, with those shipments containing civilian equipment that could easily be made into weapons?

Only Turkey recognizes a Turkish republic in Northern Cyprus. What would the Turkish military’s response be if organizations from nations that do not recognize the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus decided to break that military occupation?

Again, regarding Turkish hypocrisy, the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, received the international pariah who leads Sudan – President Omar Bashir – a man who has committed genocide. The International Criminal Court has an arrest warrant out for him on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Not only has the Darfur region of Sudan experienced genocide directed by Bashir and his government, but other regions of southern Sudan have as well. During the visit in mid-August of last year, Erdogan said he did not believe Bashir was guilty of the war crimes for which he was indicted.

And here is how the Turkish prime minister justified that widely disputed contention: “It is not possible for those who belong to the Muslim faith to carry out genocide,” said Erdogan. He deems Bashir innocent. End of story.

THE TURKISH foreign minister recently called the flotilla episode, “Turkey’s 9-11.” Shame on you sir. No American should ever forget such an insult.

This brings me to the reason for the blockade of Gaza, including the Israeli naval blockade. Some of the items on the ships were dual-use, with both civilian and military uses. For instance, there was rebar for a small amount of cement.

Heaven knows Gaza needs a lot of rebuilding. This tiny amount is insignificant for construction, however, although it’s a nice supply of iron to be converted into weapons.

If the Israeli naval blockade ends does anyone really think Hamas won’t be importing a wide array of weapons? If the ships don’t have to go through checkpoints, arms shipments would resume without a doubt – and so would the rocket attacks.

What nation would sit back and allow arms to pour into a neighboring territory that will certainly be used in more attacks on its people? If the blockade ends, arms shipments into Gaza will resume, and rocket firings into will Israel resume. It’s that simple.

None of the United Nations peacekeeping organizations and observers has kept out the sophisticated weapons imported by Hizbullah into southern Lebanon – despite absolute UN assurances to do so. No similar observers are capable of standing in the way of Iranian arms shipments to Hamas either. Only Israeli and Egyptian checkpoints can do that.

Again, I ask, would Turkey allow similar organizations to ship uninspected cargo to the suffering PKK Kurds in Turkey and Iraq? Hamas needs to negotiate with its estranged brothers in the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and commit themselves to peace and recognition of Israel. Then peace and prosperity will prevail.

Let’s get the facts straight and the hypocrisy exposed as this debate proceeds.



The writer, a Republican, represents Illinois’ 18th Congressional District. He is the youngest member of Congress.


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..."And to say “Forgeddaboudit!” there is malta yok, an expression with an amusing history. In the year 1645, the story goes, the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim the Mad ordered his fleet to attack the Christian island of Malta in the western Mediterranean. Upon receiving the order, however, Ibrahim’s chief admiral, fearing such a move would end in disaster, placed a candle on his naval map, allowed the wax drippings to fall on the little island until they covered it, declared to his adjutants “Malta yok,” and sailed off to attack the Venetians in Crete. The siege of Crete lasted 24 years, in the third of which Ibrahim lost his head, and the Venetians finally surrendered in 1669...."
The Jewish daily FORWARD: "Pardon my Turkish"
http://www.forward.com/articles/6927/