Turkish Naval Forces

The Turkish Naval Forces, or Turkish Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can... Wikipedia

• Founded:  1081 (official claim: the first Turkish fleet in the Aegean Sea), 10 July 1920 (as the Directorate of Naval Affairs), 1 July 1949 (as the Turkish Naval Forces Command)
• Type:  Navy
• Role:  Naval warfare
• Size:  45,000 active personnel, 55,000 reserve personnel
• Part of:  TAF
• Headquarters:  Ankara
• Motto(s):  "Effective, Deterrent, and Respected." (Turkish: "Etkin, Caydırıcı, Saygın."
• March:  Turkish Navy March Play (· info)
• Anniversaries:  27 September
• Commander-in-Chief:  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• Minister of National Defence:  Yaşar Güler
• Chief of the General Staff:  General Metin Gürak
• Commander:  Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu
• Chief of Staff of Turkish Naval Forces:  Vice Admiral İbrahim Özdem Koçer
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo