(GEN) TURKEY'S SOMALIA MISSION FRIGATE TO RETURN HOME.KOCAELI, Nov 18, 2009 (TUR) -- A Turkish frigate is set to return to its base on Thursday after completing service as part of a NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. mission to fight against Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden Noun 1. Gulf of Aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south . The Turkish frigate, TCG Gediz (F-495), will dock at the Navy Command Center in Golcuk, Kocaeli, with a ceremony to welcome its 266 personnel from a five-month mission under NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2. The frigate set sail for the Gulf of Aden in June. (MB-A) (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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