Blue Homeland-2025 Military Exercise

MUGLA, TURKIYE - JANUARY 9: Turkish Minister of National Defense Yasar Guler and Force Commanders aboard the TCG Salihreis frigate are saluted with a 19-gun salute by the TGC Orucreis frigate waiting at the port exit during the distinguished observer day of the Blue Homeland-2025 Military Exercise, organized by the Turkish Naval Forces Command in the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and Eastern Mediterranean, commenced on January 8, 2025 in Mugla, Turkiye on January 9, 2025. (Photo by Sabri Kesen/Anadolu via Getty Images)