Admiral Ercumet Tatlioglu, the commander of the Turkish Naval Forces, announced that the Turkish Navy has assumed command of a naval task group dedicated to combating maritime banditry off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean. The announcement came following the commissioning ceremony of TCG Kusadasi and TCG Kumkale at Aksaz Naval Base to be deployed to Qatar, in Marmaris, where Tatlioglu praised the Turkish Naval Forces’ successful operations in surrounding seas. (AA Photo)Tatlioglu emphasized that the Turkish Navy is one of the world’s leading naval forces with its deep-rooted history. Explaining that they are in command of the mine countermeasures task group in the Black Sea, Tatlioglu noted that they have ships in NATO’s mine warfare task group and NATO’s surface task group in the Mediterranean. As of yesterday, we took command of the naval task group to combat maritime banditry off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean.
