Date: Issue 26 - January 2011
As already known, the bilateral defense industry relations of Turkey-Germany have started in 1960’s, yet, it has reached today’s large volume with the “cooperation projects” starting from 1990.The Mine Hunting Vessel project is one of the important projects, which is carried out by Turkish Undersecretariat with German Abeking & Rasmussen and Fr.Lürssen Werft Consortium for the supply of 6 Mine Hunting Vessels and 1 Shore-Based Simulator for the Naval Forces Command in order to ensure safe entry and exit of our surface combatants, submarines and trade ships to/from passages, bases and ports and protect sea transportation against mine threats.