Turkey lies where three continents meet. Surrounded by three seas from the North (Black Sea), South (Aegean Sea) and West (Mediterranean Sea) Turkey has a coastline that spanning 8,484km. Its geo-strategic position and geopolitical situation obliges Turkey to be a maritime state and dictates it to have and sustain a powerful Naval Force. 

In order to adapt to changing security environments the Turkish Naval Forces (TNF) has been continuously transforming, restructuring its organizational structure and carries out new tasks against the challenges of the new security environment, while maintaining and enhancing its conventional naval capabilities. The force and command structure of the TNF now provide the essential elements to perform both conventional naval tasks as well as constabulary ones.