Along with the unfavorable events in the Black Sea, there are far too many other factors that trigger the crisis and cause it to worsen beyond our control. As a result, the war in Ukraine must end as quickly as possible, even if only with a ceasefire.

Is there any chance of a ceasefire?

For the time being, it appears that the United States will make the decision on Ukraine's behalf. After Russia’s being an alley in trouble, it is evi...

Predicting future events has become extremely challenging. There is a lot of information and intellectual games which are difficult to solve are in full swing around the region and the world. In this context, the Russian-Ukrainian war turned into a different tactical and strategic intelligence laboratory with unexpected results. I have already mentioned in my previous assessment regarding the war that Russia is straining to deal with two issues....

The drifting moored mines which emerged in March of last year and became a nightmare due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, continue to be a threat, although not very often mentioned at the moment. I would like to share the points I have observed from the outside and my comment on this subject.

Foreign open sources claim that approximately 40 moored mine cases of Russian origin which were cut from their wires and drifted across the Black Sea in the last year...

The EU's import ban on Russian oil and petroleum products, as of  December 5, 2022, has prompted Russians to conduct a variety of searches. Particularly, when discussing various buyer and route options for transporting Russian crude oil by tankers, new issues arose that needed to be solved. The daily transportation of 3.5 million barrels of crude oil by tankers is being mattered. But the EU has set a price cap of  60  USD per barrel for Russian...

The prolongation of the Russian-Ukrainian war; resulted in the questioning of its effectson other parts of the world. Because everyone hasa reckoning some where.The two most important places among them are the Arctic region and the Black Sea.It has started to be discussed in some Western sources how the Ukrainian war may impact and shape these regions. There has been an increase in publications in this area in the West.  That's why I wan...

As a result of ship harassments, the S-300 radar lockdown and dispatchment of weapons and equipments to the Eastern Aegean Islands (not first), the likelihood of a war between the two countries is raised in public opinion. Judging by the trend of events, such a possibility is seen. The US continues to support Greece with weapons and materials. However, is it possible for Greece to fight us while EU countries struggle to overcome the pre-winter energy crisis? On t...

       Turkey initiated Peace Spring Operation in the east of Euphrates River in Syria on 09 October 2019. Authorities stated that the operation is being conducted with respect to integrity of Syrian territories in the frame of our country’s rights arising from international law, several related decisions of UN Security Council and right of self-defense contained in article 51 of UN Agreement. It is particularly emphasized that targets o...

        I would like to tell something distinctly about the passenger ferries on Istanbul Strait today. There are certain things that have become a classic and should never be rearranged at any time. Passenger transportation ferry between the two shores of Istanbul Strait is one of them. Though some recent models do not resemble former ones, the majority seem like the successors of the former models apart from the propeller systems. First exem...

       First of all, I would like to mention that it’s great sadness to see some young European people participating in terrorist organizations in the Middle East. It is worth-pondering what encourages them to join the terrorist activities over there. I think the western public opinions seem that they do not making effort to understand the problem behind the reasons of why some people join the terrorist organizations. There are many...

       A new concept approaching related to mine warfare implementation and tactics are discussed among the naval experts nowadays. This new opinion presents us a new concept so as to put mine-hunting gear on a wider range of warships and distribute mine counter-measures (MCM) capable different vessels throughout the fleet. A certain part of authorities of US Navy have been clearly discussing to change the MCM concept for last two years....

       We have been seeing that some American destroyers under the tactical command of 7th Fleet in Pacific Ocean consecutively collided with the commercial vessels or grounded for last ten months. The grounding of USS Antietam due to propeller failure in 31 January 2017, the collision of USS Champlain with a fishing boat in 09 May 2017, the collision of USS Fitzgerald with a container ship in 17 June 2017 and USS John S.Mccain with an oi...

       We’ve been sighting many piracy activities in mostly Somalia territorial waters and the Northwestern Indian Ocean for last fifteen years. There are many economic and social reasons which can be explained for these activities. The piracy actions at the sea are determined sometimes on approaching waters, sometimes on the high seas, hundreds of miles away from the coastals. As a matter of fact, we can think that these actions ne...

       As you know, The Corporate Universities found by the many firms prevail in the Industrial Area for supporting the production. Based on the visions, the missions and the aims of the companies, the Corporate Universities are generally seen as the silver bullet to increase the level of the quality and the standart of the company workers, incumbents, even the directors and the managers.The Corporate University can be named as the Corpo...

       The assymetric warfare has been continuing since 11 September 2001, Twin Towers Attack in New York according to many security experts and analysts. Is that true ? I think no. I can only say that it is essential that everyone woke up on 11th of September though it is thought that. However there are many examples of asymmetric warfare from the world history before 11 September 2001. But the meaning and the results of the 2001 attack...