Turkish Naval Aviation
Turkish Naval Aviation, the Turkish Navy’s Naval Air Command at Cengiz Topel near İzmit, traces its line to an Ottoman naval flying school of June 1914, flew Grumman Trackers until 1994 and today flies 24 Seahawks, ten former army SuperCobras, twelve CN-235 and ATR 72 patrol aircraft and a drone fleet — while the TB3 drones that fly from its new flagship, TCG Anadolu, are on the army’s books.
The Turkish Naval Aviation story: an Ottoman seaplane school, three decades of Trackers and a flagship without its jets
1914–1918: the Ottoman navy’s flying school and seaplanes
Turkish naval flying began with the Ottoman navy. In June 1914 it opened a Naval Aircraft School (Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi) at San Stefano, today’s Yeşilköy on the Sea of Marmara, where the army’s flying school had opened in 1912. English Wikipedia’s history of the Ottoman air squadrons records four aircraft at the flight school in August 1914 and, at the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, three seaplane companies of four aircraft each. Beyond those figures the sources checked for this page say little about what the Ottoman seaplanes did in the war, and nothing about a naval air arm in the early Republic: military flying in Turkey was concentrated in the army and later in the independent air force, whose own page covers that story.
The Tracker years: anti-submarine flying from Cengiz Topel
The modern naval air arm grew up around anti-submarine warfare and one airfield. English Wikipedia says the Turkish Navy received ex-US Navy S-2E Trackers under the Military Assistance Program and flew them from Cengiz Topel Naval Air Base, near İzmit at the eastern end of the Sea of Marmara, from the 1960s, later adding retired S-2As from the Netherlands. The base carries the name of Captain Cengiz Topel, a Turkish Air Force F-100 pilot shot down over Cyprus on 8 August 1964 who died in Greek Cypriot custody; the two sides gave different accounts of his death. The Trackers served for three decades and were retired in 1994, Wikipedia says, after a series of accidents caused by the age and fatigue of the airframes. Their exact numbers were not confirmed for this page.
Helicopters for the frigates: AB-212s and Seahawks
With the Trackers gone, the navy’s helicopters became the core of the force. Agusta-Bell AB-212s, in an anti-submarine version and in an electronic warfare version built for Turkey, served alongside them, and Sikorsky S-70B-28 Seahawks followed; Wikipedia counts 24 Seahawks in December 2018, and the same number appeared in Rear Admiral Alper Yeniel’s inventory of November 2021. DefenceTurk called the Seahawk and the AB-212 the backbone of the force for many years when it described the ageing fleet in March 2026. From 2017 ASELSAN has been fitting the Seahawks with the Turkish TEMREN missile; 20 of the 24 were done by May 2025. Six T-70 utility helicopters were allotted to the navy in the 2014 contract for 109 T-70s, but no naval delivery was found in the sources checked.
MELTEM: patrol aircraft for the Aegean and the Black Sea
Fixed-wing patrol came back with licence-built CN-235s. Under the first MELTEM programme the navy received six CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft, known as P-235s, which DefenceTurk said in 2020 were flying over the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean; Wikipedia adds that from 2022 they patrolled the Black Sea heavily during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and repeatedly found drifting sea mines. MELTEM-III, signed with Alenia Aermacchi (now Leonardo) and Turkish Aerospace on 12 July 2012, converted six ATR 72-600s into P-72 patrol aircraft with Link 16 and Mk 54 torpedoes. The first airliner reached Turkish Aerospace for conversion in April 2013, the first P-72 was handed over on 11 December 2020 and the sixth was due in early 2023. Twelve maritime patrol aircraft was the stated target.
Drones, Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
Drones changed the arm fastest. By March 2022, after Turkish Aerospace delivered two Anka-S and an Aksungur, Naval News counted 20 navy drones: ten Bayraktar TB2s, four Anka-Ss, four Anka-Bs and two Aksungurs. On 16 December 2019 a TB2 landed at Geçitkale in northern Cyprus. SavunmaSanayiST reported that the base was opened to Turkish Naval Forces drones previously flown from Çanakkale and Dalaman, and the Turkish Cypriot prime ministry said the move answered “recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean”, where Turkish ships were drilling in waters also claimed by the Republic of Cyprus and Greece. Turkey alone recognises the Turkish Cypriot state; the Greek Cypriot reaction was not retrieved for this page. Milliyet reported in 2024 that the Naval Air Base Command at Dalaman had become Turkey’s second-largest drone centre.
TCG Anadolu: a flagship without its jets
The newest chapter is a ship. TCG Anadolu, ordered in 2015 and commissioned on 10 April 2023, was designed to carry F-35B jump jets; Turkey’s removal from the F-35 programme after it bought Russian S-400 missiles ended that. In their place the navy took over ten AH-1W SuperCobras from the army in early 2022, its first attack helicopters, and on 19 November 2024 a Bayraktar TB3 drone took off from and landed on Anadolu’s deck, a first for a fixed-wing drone of its size on a short-deck ship without arresting gear. The TB3s, however, were accepted by the Land Forces Command in September 2025, according to the defence ministry, and no navy acceptance was announced. In May 2026 work began on a naval Hürjet trainer for a future national carrier, MUGEM; for now the arm’s strength is helicopters, patrol aircraft and drones.
The Turkish Naval Aviation in numbers
Service
- Native name
- Deniz Hava KomutanlığıNaval Air Command. Naval News calls the command Turkish Naval Air Command and its head the Naval Air Commander; English Wikipedia lists a Naval Aviation Group Command. The Naval Forces website could not be read for this page
- Lineage
- June 1914The Ottoman navy’s Naval Aircraft School (Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi) at San Stefano (Yeşilköy). No continuous naval air arm between the wars was confirmed
- Part of
- Turkish Naval ForcesThe navy has about 45,000 active personnel, per English Wikipedia; the air arm’s own strength is not published
- Headquarters
- Cengiz Topel Naval Air StationAt Kartepe, east of İzmit, Kocaeli. Fixed-wing aircraft fly with 301 Squadron and helicopters with 351 Squadron, according to English Wikipedia. The station is named after Captain Cengiz Topel, a Turkish Air Force pilot killed after being shot down over Cyprus in 1964
- Naval Air Commander
- Rear Admiral Alper Yeniel (2021)The last commander named in the sources checked; his successor, if any, was not confirmed
- English name
- No standalone Wikipedia articleThe English Wikipedia title Turkish Naval Aviation leads to the article on the Turkish Naval Forces; the planned slug turkish-naval-aviation is kept
Strength
- Helicopters
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- S-70B-28 Seahawk — 24
- AH-1W SuperCobra — 10
- AB-212ASW — number not confirmed
Ten SuperCobras were transferred from the Land Forces by April 2022; AB-212 numbers were not published in the sources checked
- Maritime patrol aircraft
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- P-72 (ATR 72-600) — 6
- P-235 (CN-235) — 6
Twelve patrol aircraft was the target of the two MELTEM programmes; English Wikipedia also lists two ATR 72-600 utility aircraft
- Drones
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- Bayraktar TB2 — 10
- TAI Anka-S — 4
- TAI Anka-B — 4
- TAI Aksungur — 2
Naval News count of March 2022. Milliyet reported Akıncı drones at the Dalaman naval air base in 2024; which service owns them was not stated. The TB3s that fly from TCG Anadolu were accepted by the Land Forces
- Largest exercise
- Denizkurdu-I/2025: 66 air vehiclesWith 92 ships, 6-10 October 2025, per the Ministry of National Defence. In August 2026 naval aircraft, helicopters and TB2, TB3 and Akıncı drones flew past the navy’s display before Teknofest’s maritime edition
- All aircraft
- About 60 (2021)English Wikipedia: “60 maritime aircraft” in early 2021, drones not clearly included
Infrastructure
- Air stations
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- Cengiz Topel (Kocaeli) — Naval Air Command, 301 and 351 Squadrons
- Dalaman (Muğla) — Naval Air Base Command, patrol aircraft, helicopters, drones
Dalaman also hosts the Turkish Air Force’s 16th Main Jet Base since 11 August 2024
- Drone base abroad
- Geçitkale, northern CyprusNavy drones since December 2019, per SavunmaSanayiST; the Turkish Cypriot state is recognised only by Turkey
- Flagship
- TCG AnadoluCommissioned 10 April 2023; six landing spots and a ski-jump; the planned F-35B air wing was cancelled
- Future carrier
- MUGEM (planned)Planned air wing of a naval Hürjet, Kızılelma and TB3; still at an early stage in May 2026
How the Turkish Naval Aviation is organised
The Turkish Navy’s air arm, the Naval Air Command, is headquartered at Cengiz Topel near İzmit with one fixed-wing and one helicopter squadron, a Naval Air Base Command at Dalaman and a drone detachment in northern Cyprus. It flies 24 S-70B Seahawks, ten AH-1W SuperCobras taken over from the army in 2022, six P-72 and six P-235 patrol aircraft and, by the 2022 count, 20 drones; it has no jets. The TB3 drones that fly from its flagship, TCG Anadolu, are on the Land Forces’ books.
Naval Air Command
The air arm of the Turkish Naval Forces, headquartered at Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station near İzmit, where English Wikipedia lists the Naval Aviation Group Command. Naval News named Rear Admiral Alper Yeniel as Naval Air Commander in November 2021; no later commander was confirmed in the sources for this page.
301 Squadron
The fixed-wing squadron at Cengiz Topel, per English Wikipedia. The navy’s fixed-wing fleet is six P-72 (ATR 72-600) and six P-235 (CN-235) maritime patrol aircraft; which of them the squadron flies is not stated in the sources.
351 Squadron
The helicopter squadron at Cengiz Topel, per English Wikipedia. The navy flies 24 S-70B-28 Seahawks, AB-212s and, since 2022, ten AH-1W SuperCobras taken over from the army; their squadron allocation is not published.
Naval Air Base Command, Dalaman
Milliyet reported in 2024 that the command flies naval patrol aircraft and helicopters and, in recent years, Akıncı and Aksungur drones, making Dalaman Turkey’s second-largest drone centre. The navy counted 20 drones in March 2022: ten TB2s, eight Ankas and two Aksungurs.
Geçitkale drone detachment
Navy TB2 and Anka drones have flown from Geçitkale in northern Cyprus since December 2019, according to SavunmaSanayiST, to watch over Turkish drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Turkish Cypriot state is recognised only by Turkey.
TCG Anadolu air group
Seahawks and SuperCobras fly from the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu, commissioned on 10 April 2023, and so do Bayraktar TB3 drones, which the defence ministry announced as accepted by the Land Forces Command in September 2025.
What the Turkish Naval Aviation flies today
Every type on charge, linked to its Book of Beasts page where one exists. Counts are aircraft on the books, not aircraft available on a given day.
| Type | Role | In service | Since | Units | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sikorsky S-70B-28 SeahawkIn service | Shipborne anti-submarine and anti-surface helicopter | 24 | 24 in December 2018 (Wikipedia) and in November 2021 (Naval Air Commander); 24 are in the TEMREN missile programme. | |||
| Bell AH-1W SuperCobraIn service | Attack helicopter | 10 | 2022 | Ten, serials TCB 80 to TCB 89, taken over from the Land Forces by 5 April 2022. | ||
| Agusta-Bell AB-212ASW and AB-212EWIn service | Shipborne anti-submarine and electronic warfare helicopter | Not confirmed. The type was absent from the November 2021 inventory reported by Naval News but described as still in service by DefenceTurk in March 2026. | ||||
| Leonardo / TUSAŞ P-72 (ATR 72-600 MPA)In service | Maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft | 6 | 2020 | Six under MELTEM-III: TCB-751 handed over 11 December 2020, TCB-752 in March 2021, TCB-753 and 754 in December 2021, the fifth in October 2022 and the sixth due in early 2023. | ||
| CASA / TUSAŞ CN-235 MPA (P-235)In service | Maritime patrol aircraft | 6 | Six, from the first MELTEM programme (DefenceTurk 2020; Naval Air Commander 2021). | |||
| Baykar Bayraktar TB2In service | Armed reconnaissance drone | 10 | Nine in November 2021 and ten in March 2022 (Naval News). | |||
| TAI Anka-B and Anka-SIn service | Medium-altitude reconnaissance and armed drone | 8 | Four Anka-B and four Anka-S in March 2022, two Anka-S having been delivered on 24 March 2022. | |||
| TAI AksungurIn service | Twin-engine long-endurance drone | 2 | 2021 | One in November 2021, two after the delivery of 24 March 2022. | ||
| Baykar Bayraktar TB3In service | Shipborne armed drone (army-owned) | 2024 | Not a navy type on paper: the Land Forces Command accepted TB3s in September 2025 and July 2026 in unpublished numbers. |
On order
| Type | Ordered | First delivery | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUSAŞ / Sikorsky T-70 (S-70i Black Hawk)On order | 6 | The 109-helicopter T-70 contract signed on 21 February 2014 allotted six to the navy (SavunmaSanayiST, 2020).
MoreDeliveries to the Land Forces and the Air Force had begun by 2025; no naval delivery was found in the sources checked. |
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| TUSAŞ Hürjet (naval variant)On order | Development of a shipborne version with a stronger landing gear, an arrester hook and corrosion protection officially began in May 2026, per TRT Haber as reported by Naval News, for the planned MUGEM carrier.
MoreNo order or timetable was published. |
Every type the Turkish Naval Aviation has retired
2 types, from the Ottoman naval seaplanes to the Grumman S-2E and S-2A Tracker. Peak figures are airframes taken on charge over the whole service life, not fleet strength on any one date.
| Type | Role | Peak | Served | Replaced by | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grumman S-2E and S-2A Tracker | Anti-submarine aircraft | CN-235 MPA | ||||
| Ottoman naval seaplanes | Training and naval reconnaissance | 12 | 1914–1918 | Three seaplane companies of four aircraft each at the Armistice of Mudros, 30 October 1918; four aircraft at the naval flying school in August 1914. |
Where Turkish Naval Aviation flies from
Black pins are active bases, hollow pins the airfields that have closed. Cengiz Topel, east of İzmit, is the arm’s headquarters and has shared its runway with Kocaeli’s civil airport since 2011; Dalaman on the Mediterranean flies patrol aircraft, helicopters and drones beside a Turkish Air Force jet base. Navy drones also use Geçitkale in northern Cyprus, a state recognised only by Turkey, and the flagship TCG Anadolu carries helicopters and drones but has no fixed position on the map.
| Base | ICAO | Status | Runway | Units and aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cengiz Topel Naval Air StationKocaeli Province | LTBQ | Active | 09/273,000 m |
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| DalamanMuğla Province | LTBS | Active | 01L/19R3,000 mconcrete | |
| GeçitkaleNorthern Cyprus (recognised only by Turkey) | LCGK | Active | 09/272,850 mcomposite | |
| TCG AnadoluL-400At sea (Turkish Naval Forces) | Active |
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No air base matches that search.
Who is stationed where in the Turkish Naval Aviation
Flying units by base, current units first. English Wikipedia names two squadrons at Cengiz Topel, 301 for fixed-wing aircraft and 351 for helicopters; the navy publishes no other unit-to-base list. Where a row rests on English Wikipedia or on press reports alone, the entry says so, and types are not assigned to squadrons where the sources do not do it.
- 301 Squadron (301 Filo)Fixed-wing naval squadron · active
- Fixed-wing aircraft (types not specified by the source)
- 351 Squadron (351 Filo)Naval helicopter squadron · active
- Helicopters (types not specified by the source)
- Anadolu air group (helicopters and drones)Embarked air group · active
- S-70B-28 Seahawk, AH-1W SuperCobra, Bayraktar TB3 (accepted by the Land Forces)
No unit matches that search.
Turkish Naval Aviation milestones, 1914 to today
June: the Ottoman navy opens the Naval Aircraft School (Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi) at San Stefano (Yeşilköy).
30 October: at the Armistice of Mudros the Ottoman naval air service has three seaplane companies of four aircraft each.
Ex-US Navy S-2E Trackers begin anti-submarine flying from Cengiz Topel, according to English Wikipedia; exact dates were not confirmed.
8 August: Captain Cengiz Topel, a Turkish Air Force F-100 pilot, is shot down over Cyprus and dies in Greek Cypriot custody; the naval air station is later named after him.
The last S-2 Trackers are retired after a series of accidents.
Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station opens to civil traffic.
12 July: MELTEM-III signed for six ATR 72-600 patrol aircraft.
1 June: TCG Anadolu ordered.
16 December: a navy TB2 lands at Geçitkale in northern Cyprus, the first of the navy drones based there.
11 December: the first P-72 is handed over to the navy.
15-16 November: Rear Admiral Alper Yeniel gives the inventory: 24 Seahawks, six P-235s, two P-72s, nine TB2s and an Aksungur.
24 March: two Anka-S and an Aksungur delivered, for 20 navy drones. By 5 April all ten AH-1W SuperCobras are taken over from the army.
10 April: TCG Anadolu commissioned. Early in the year the sixth and last P-72 is due.
11 August: the Turkish Air Force forms the 16th Main Jet Base at Dalaman, beside the Naval Air Base Command. 18 October: AH-1W missile modernisation amended. 19 November: a TB3 lands on Anadolu.
May: 20 of 24 Seahawks carry TEMREN. 4 September: TB3 accepted by the Land Forces. 6-10 October: Denizkurdu-I/2025 with 66 air vehicles.
18 February: TB3s fly from Anadolu in Steadfast Dart in the Baltic. 15 May: work on a naval Hürjet begins. 20-25 September: a TB3 from Anadolu drops sonobuoys in Denizkurdu-I/2026.
Every war and operation Turkish Naval Aviation has flown in
Sorties and losses where the record gives them, and an honest blank where it does not.
- The First World War 1914–1918 Training and seaplane operations; the details were not confirmed
- Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean patrols 2019– Surveillance by patrol aircraft and drones over disputed waters, including the protection of Turkish drilling ships
- Black Sea patrols during the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022– Maritime patrol over the Black Sea, including the detection of drifting sea mines
Who built the Turkish Naval Aviation fleet
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Every type with a page in the Book of Beasts, in service first, then by the year it left the fleet.
Every fact, checked
- Naval News: Bayraktar TB3 takes off and lands aboard Turkish carrier (Tayfun Ozberk, 19 November 2024)First TB3 take-off and landing on TCG Anadolu, 19 November 2024; 46-minute flight; specifications.
- Naval News: Turkiye starts work on HURJET naval variant for aircraft carrier (16 May 2026)Work on a shipborne Hurjet officially started, per TRT Haber on 15 May 2026; MUGEM carrier air wing of naval Hurjet, Kizilelma and TB3.
- DefenceTurk: Altinci P-72 ucagi 2023un ilk ceyreginde teslim edilecek (Ahmet Alemdar, 6 December 2022)MELTEM-III: six P-72s modified by TUSAS with ASELSAN, Milsoft and HAVELSAN systems; fifth delivered October 2022; sixth due early 2023.
- DefenceTurk: MELTEM-3 projesinde ilk P-72 deniz karakol ucagi hizmete girdi (Ahmet Alemdar, 11 December 2020)First P-72 handed over 11 December 2020; six P-235 (CN-235) patrol aircraft from the first MELTEM project; P-72 adds Link 16 and Mk 54 torpedo.
- SavunmaSanayiST: Bayraktar TB3te sonobuoy donemi (22 September 2026)Denizkurdu-I/2026, 20-25 September 2026: a TB3 from TCG Anadolu dropped two sonobuoys with Baykar’s SAS POD.
- SavunmaSanayiST: Denizkurdu-I/2025 tatbikati 92 gemi 66 hava vasitasiyla basladi (7 October 2025)Exercise 6-10 October 2025 with 92 ships and 66 air vehicles, per the Ministry of National Defence.
- DefenceTurk: Seahawk helikopterleri yerli fuze ile vuracak (7 May 2025)TEMREN missile on 24 Seahawks under a 2017 SSB-ASELSAN contract; 20 done by May 2025; AH-1W modernisation contract modification of 18 October 2024.
- Naval News: Turkey enhances naval air capabilities with 2 new ATR-72 MPAs (Tayfun Ozberk, 19 December 2021)P-72 serials and dates; MELTEM-III contract 12 July 2012; inventory given by Rear Admiral Alper Yeniel in November 2021.
- Naval News: Naval Systems Seminar: latest update on Turkish naval projects (22 November 2021)Rear Admiral Alper Yeniel, Naval Air Commander; AH-1W transfer from the army in 2022; ATAK-2 naval plan reported by Defence Turkey.
- Hurriyet Daily News: Turkish navy stages major display ahead of Teknofest’s maritime edition (19 August 2026)Flypast of naval aviation aircraft, patrol aircraft, helicopters and TB2, TB3 and Akinci drones.
- SavunmaSanayiST: Bayraktar TB3 TSKnin envanterine girdi (4 September 2025)Ministry of National Defence: the Land Forces Command accepted the TB3; more than 100 sorties aboard TCG Anadolu.
- SavunmaSanayiST: TSKya Bayraktar TB3 teslimati (9 July 2026)Further TB3s accepted by the Land Forces Command, per the Ministry of National Defence.
- Naval News: Turkish Aerospace delivers 3 new armed UAVs to the Turkish Navy (28 March 2022)Two Anka-S and one Aksungur delivered on 24 March 2022; navy drone fleet of 20.
- SavunmaSanayiST: Kibrisa Turk IHA ussu kuruluyor (14 December 2019)Gecitkale opened to Turkish Naval Forces drones, previously based at Canakkale and Dalaman; statement of the Turkish Cypriot prime ministry.
- DefenceTurk: Sehit Pilot Yuzbasi Cengiz Topel kimdir? (8 August 2020)Turkish account of Topel’s life, shoot-down and death.
- DefenceTurk: Yaslanan filolar ve Deniz Kuvvetlerinin helikopter ihtiyaci (Eren Yigitoglu, 10 March 2026)Seahawk and AB-212 the backbone; ten AH-1Ws from the Land Forces; TCG Anadolu deck and hangar figures.
- Milliyet: Dalamana yeni bir ana jet ussu kuruldu (11 August 2024)Naval Air Base Command at Dalaman flies patrol aircraft and helicopters, and in recent years Akinci and Aksungur drones; 16th Main Jet Base formed.
- DefenceTurk: Bayraktar TB3 SIHAdan Baltik Denizinde tam performans (18 February 2026)TB3 flying from TCG Anadolu in Steadfast Dart 2026 in snow and minus 5 degrees; SSB head Haluk Gorgun quoted.
- SavunmaSanayiST: Deniz Kuvvetleri butun AH-1W Super Cobralari teslim aldi (5 April 2022)All ten AH-1Ws (TCB 80 to TCB 89) taken over from the Land Forces; 13 bought in the 1990s, three lost.
- SavunmaSanayiST: ATAK-2nin sorumlusu cevapladi: deniz versiyonu gelecek mi? (2 May 2023)TUSAS’s Mehmet Demiroglu: no contract yet for a naval ATAK-2; it would follow three army helicopters.
- SavunmaSanayiST: Turk Silahli Kuvvetleri ve genel maksat helikopterleri (3) (24 April 2020)T-70 contract of 21 February 2014 for 109 helicopters, six of them for the navy.
- MiGFlug Order of Battle: Turkish Air Force dataset (data/turkish-air-force.json)Consistency check: Cyprus 1974 and the Kocatepe sinking, Dalaman and the Yesilkoy flying school.
Figures verified 2026-10-01. Order of Battle pages are regenerated from a single dataset; if a number here disagrees with a Book of Beasts page, this page is the more recent of the two.
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