Türkiye has taken over the helm of NATO‘s Response Force Maritime Component from the UK for one 12 months.
The command of the NATO part shall be carried out by the Turkish Maritime Force (TURMARFOR) till Jan. 31, 2024.
Rear Admiral Hüseyin Tığlı, head of TURMARFOR and the Turkish Surface Action Forces, mentioned NATO has 5 headquarters with this functionality and TURMARFOR’s headquarters is one in all these 5.
Tığlı mentioned it has a big headquarters that may plan and coordinate such a complete operation and coordinate the command.
“Giving such a capable headquarters structure to NATO’s service shows the importance Türkiye attaches to NATO,” he added.
Cüneyt Talayman, a Turkish Navy official and the secretary normal of TURMARFOR, mentioned NATO excessive readiness naval part instructions have been created to command its operations in case of disaster and warfare.
Noting that the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Türkiye have already got these sorts of headquarters, Talayman mentioned Germany is on its strategy to reaching it.
Possible missions have been decided as collective protection, contributing to the safety of territorial integrity, peace help operations, embargo operations, the safety of crucial infrastructure and safety and pioneer power operations, he added.
TURMARFOR’s headquarters began its actions in 2020 with the appointment of the core workers, he mentioned.
Türkiye will hand over the duty to Italy a 12 months later.
