Turkish Navy flagship to participate in major naval drills for first time

The TCG ANADOLU multi-purpose landing ship, which entered service with the Turkish Navy on April 10, 2023, is preparing for the first exercises.

According to Caliber.Az, SavunmaSanayiST.com reported this on its Twitter page.

Bugün seyre çıkıyor... TCG ANADOLU'nun ilk görevi belli olduhttps://t.co/z7vvO3Kbp5

— SavunmaSanayiST.com (@SavunmaSanayiST) May 15, 2023

The first mission of the TCG ANADOLU (L400) multi-purpose amphibious assault ship will be the participation in the DENIZKURDU-I and II / 2023 exercises, which will be held from June 1 to 4, 2023 and from June 6 to 12, 2023.

It is planned to involve 113 surface ships, 9 submarines, 59 aircraft, 35 helicopters, 19 unmanned aerial vehicles and about 18,000 personnel (marine units, SAT-SAS naval special forces groups and coastal units) in the exercises.