Fifth Istanbul launched

On 3 February at the private shipyard ADİK (Anadol Deniz İnşaat Kızakları San. ve Tic. A.Ş.) in Tuzla in the suburbs of Istanbul, the launch of the Akdeniz frigata (F 519) kind Istanbul (İSTİF) built for the Turkish Navy TDK (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri).