Turkey will deploy three warships to the occupied areas of Cyprus and stage an air display on 15 November as part of events marking the 43rd anniversary of the declaration of the breakaway entity, according to its Ministry of National Defence.
During its weekly press briefing on Thursday, the ministry announced that the warships TCG Karataş, TCG Tufan and TCG Kdz. Ereğli would make port visits and take part in the commemorations.
The Turkish aerobatic team, the Turkish Stars, is also scheduled to perform an air display on 15 November.
Turkish military leadership visits occupied areas
The ministry also said that the Chief of the Turkish General Staff visited the occupied areas on 7 November.
During the visit, he met with the Turkish Cypriot leadership and inspected units of the Turkish occupation forces.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s Defence Minister attended the COP31 climate summit in Antalya on 11 November, where he also met with the so-called prime minister of the breakaway entity.
Greek warship visits Turkish naval base
In the same briefing, the Turkish ministry announced that the Greek warship Aegean, accompanied by two Spanish warships, was visiting Turkey’s Aksaz Naval Base from 7 to 13 November.
The visit is taking place as part of NATO’s Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) and the Blue Whale 2026 exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The briefing also covered Turkey’s military contacts with Libya and Egypt, as well as a naval cooperation meeting between Turkish and US forces scheduled to take place in Turkey from 16 to 18 November.
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