Day of the Turkish Navy
Day of the Turkish Navy is held on September 27. Founded in 1949. Headquarters of the Navy - Ankara. This event in the third decade of the month September is annual. 
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The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was established as the Directorate of Naval Affairs during the Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Since July 1949, the service has been officially known as the Turkish Naval Forces.
The 27th September, the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza, is celebrated as the Turkish Naval Forces Day.
On 27th September 1538, a naval battle for the supremacy in the Mediterranean was fought between the Ottoman Navy commandeered by Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa and the fleet of a Christian alliance assembled by Pope Paul III and commandeered by Andrea Doria. With the victory at Preveza and the subsequent victory in the Battle of Djerba in 1560, the Ottoman Empire successfully repulsed the efforts of Venice and Spain, the two principal Mediterranean powers, to stop the Turkish drive to control the Mediterranean.
As of 2015, the navy operates a wide variety of ships, including; 16 frigates, 10 corvettes, 12 submarines, 19 missile boats, 16 patrol boats, 11 mine countermeasures vessels, 33 landing ships, and various auxiliary ships. In 2021, the total displacement of the Turkish Navy was approximately 267658+ tonnes.
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