Patriot air defense systems from Germany will begin their journey to Turkey from the Travemunde Port close to Lubeck city on Tuesday.
The systems will be deployed in Turkey as part of a NATO decision to support Turkey's air defense.
In a statement released on Monday, the German Embassy in Ankara said that the Patriot air defense systems will be sent to Turkey in a ship on Tuesday.
German troops have been loading 300 vehicles and over 130 containers on to the ship named "Suecia Seaways", and one owned by the Danish shipping company DFDS, since January 3, the German Embassy said.
The German Federal Parliament on December 14, 2012 had approved sending the Patriot systems to Turkey.
"Suecia Seaways" will reach Turkey's Iskenderun Port on January 21, the German Embassy also said.
-Netherlands begins shipment of air-defense batteries to Turkey
VREDEPEEL (AA) - The Netherlands on Monday began shipment of Patriot batteries to Turkey as part a NATO request to help the country bolster its air-defense capabilities against possible missile threat from across the border with Syria.
The two Patriot batteries are expected to arrive in the Turkish port of Iskenderun in approximately two weeks with nearly 260 troops under the NATO deployment that also includes German and US contributions, with each sending two Patriot systems.
Speaking in a ceremony at a military compound in Vredepeel, the Netherland's Chief of Defense Tom Middendorp said the deployment of Patriot batteries were purely a defensive measure against "risk of Scud missiles from Syria. And they won't be used to help impose a no-flight zone or to strike targets in Syria."
Thirty Dutch and 20 German military personnel will depart on Tuesday for Turkey to make the necessary preparations at the deployment site in Turkey's southern Adana province.
During the Iraq wars of 1991 and 2003, NATO deployed Patriot missiles in Turkey but they were never used.
Cost of Dutch Patriot deployment is estimated around 42 million euros and it is covered by the Dutch government.
The deployment mandate is limited to one year.
Turkey has fiercely criticized the Assad regime and it hosts Syrian opposition groups as well as sheltering more than 150,000 Syrians in refugees camps.
