Three Turkish warships will be in the occupied north and the Turkish Stars aerobatic team will stage an air display on 15 November to mark the 43rd anniversary of the proclamation of the ‘TRNC’, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday.
The warships TCG Karatas, TCG Tufan and TCG Kdz. Eregli will make port visits and take part in the events, the ministry said at its weekly press briefing.
It also said the chief of the Turkish General Staff had visited the occupied north on 7 November, meeting the Turkish Cypriot leadership and inspecting units of the Turkish occupation forces. The defence minister had met, among others, the ‘prime minister’ of the ‘TRNC’ at the COP31 summit in Antalya on 11 November.
Other activity
The Greek warship ‘Aegean’ and two Spanish warships were visiting Turkey’s Aksaz naval base from 7 to 13 November, as part of NATO’s SNMG-2 naval group and the ‘Blue Whale 2026’ exercise in the eastern Mediterranean, according to the briefing.
The briefing also covered Turkey’s military contacts with Libya and Egypt, and a cooperation meeting between the Turkish and US navies to be held in Turkey on 16 to 18 November.
(Information from Cyprus News Agency)
