Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather.

During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines.

Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.).

She was purchased from France in November 2000 and arrived in Turkey on 3 June 2002, after salvage work was carried out at DCN.

On 27 March 2018, she transited Bosporus towards the Black Sea to join Deniz Yıldızı-2018 naval exercise.