Türkiye seeks to increase the power of the navy

According to the report of the International Group Tasnim news, for several years, the Turkish government has thought about increasing the amount of offensive and defensive power in the sea area more than ever before. Although the Turkish Navy has a long history, it seems that the country’s navy has not grown in step with the two land and air forces, and now Erdogan’s team is trying to increase its power.

One ​​of these areas that The effort to increase the power of the navy through the use of advanced submarines has been seriously considered by the government.

Turkey is thinking about improving its defense power at sea in a situation where in the global ranking of the naval power of countries based on the criterion of having submarine power, it is 2 places behind Iran is ranked 9th.

A country that thought of the sea late

During the power of the Ottoman Empire, power at sea was very important for the Ottoman kings, and Ottoman ships were powerful in different regions, especially in the Mediterranean. Even in the era when Britain and other naval forces were thinking of using ships armed with war cannons, the Ottomans did not lag behind and built such ships.

Attitude of the Ottomans on the issue of ships War and conquering the sea was an important and dignified issue. In 1889, the Emperor of Japan sent his nephew to the court of Abdul Hamid II, the Ottoman King.

In response to this, the Ottoman king Action, he ordered a famous ship called Ertugrul to be sent to Japan and deliver his letter to the emperor. But the Ertugrul ship sank on September 15th while returning to Istanbul, and in addition to the famous captain Osman Pasha, 531 soldiers on board the ship also lost their lives.

This happened while German and British engineers were little by little researching the project of building oil-burning ships.

At the beginning of the 20th century, British Admiral Lord John Fisher took the helm of his country’s navy, and events took place that made the power at sea completely in the hands of British ships. , German and Portuguese and Ottoman has no say in this field.

Then World War I And the dissolution of the caliphate happened, and Turkey still did not have much opportunity to improve its navy. Later, with the beginning of the Cold War, Turkey joined NATO, and its army gained relative superiority in both land and air fields, but despite the fact that Turkey is practically recognized as a maritime country based on its geopolitics, it has little power. It did not reach the Turkish Navy.

But in the past few years, attention It has become very important for the Erdogan government to increase its power in the navy.

Underwater world of the world, Iran 7th, Turkey 9th

With the advancement of technology, the effectiveness of manpower in wars has been limited to some extent. After the land force and the air force, the navy is of vital importance in defense, especially for countries with coastlines.

The American site Global Firepower published the list of countries with submarines and ranked the countries according to the number of submarines.

In this list, China with 78 Submarines are on the first place in the world, Russia with 70 submarines and America with 68 submarines are in the second and third places.

North Korea ranks fourth with 35 submarines and South Korea ranked fifth with 22 submarines.Japan is sixth with 21 submarines, our country Iran is seventh in the world with 19 submarines, India is eighth with 18 submarines. Turkey ranks 9th with 12 submarines and Greece ranks 10th with 11 submarines.

As we see, in this List, 6 Asian countries are among the 10 submarine powers of the world. The important thing about Turkey is that this country has 8 times the population of Greece and has always had many maritime border disputes with Athens, and now it has conflicts with Greece in areas such as Cyprus and border lines. As a result, the number of Turkish submarines is not enough and this country intends to have more words to say in this valley.

Turkey plans to build and put into service 6 submarines by 2027. These submarines will be equipped with anti-submarine weapons, surface and ground targets, with the ability to fire all kinds of torpedoes, missiles and mines.

Of course, most of them The engine, electronic and technical equipment of these submarines will be imported, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered to build a national submarine within the next 5 to 6 years.

The interesting point here is that Ordered by Erdogan, all 6 submarines under production are also named after 6 Ottoman Navy commanders, the most famous of which are Piri Rais, Salman Rais and Khuzri Rais.

Each of They have a length of 68.35 meters and an external diameter of a durable body of 6.3 meters and a weight of 1850 tons, and the number of personnel of each submarine is 40 people, and about 30 famous Turkish companies are involved in this project.

Erdogan He has repeatedly talked about the importance of the national submarine construction project, but evidence shows that its construction is progressing slowly. Colonel of the Turkish Navy, Ezzat Amre Afajan, who is the director of the country’s national submarine designers, has announced that the first welding of the project will take place in 2025, and testing and operation will last until 2031.

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