Turkey’s navy is conducting the Denizkurdu-I exercise across the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean and eastern Mediterranean, according to Hürriyet Daily News. The report said the drill involves 100 naval vessels, 50 aircraft and 14,000 personnel and is scheduled to conclude on 25 September. [1]
Participating units carried out readiness and live-fire training. A distinguished-observer day was held aboard the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu in the eastern Mediterranean on 24 September. [1]
ContextDenizkurdu is a scheduled military exercise rather than a reported combat deployment. It took place as Ankara renewed public objections concerning the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean, which are covered separately in the newspaper’s continuing Greece-Turkey story. [1]