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====== 1915 ======
Dengan keadaan yang masih mengalami kerusakan, Yavuz ditugaskan untuk melakukan serangan mendadak dari Bosphorus pada 28 Januari dan kemudian pada 7 Februari, Yavuz membantu Midilli untuk meloloskan diri dari armada laut Rusia. Yavuz kemudian mengalami perbaikan kembali hinggak akhir Mei. Pada tanggal 1 April, saat perbaikan belum selesai, Yavuz meninggalkan Bosphorus bersama Midilli untuk mengawal dua kapal Ottoman yang ditugaskan untuk menyerang kota Odessa. Arus laut yang kuat kemudian memaksa keseluruhan armada ini menuju Nikolayev. Pada rute ini, salah satu kapal angkatan laut Ottoman, ''Mecidiye'' menabrak ranjau dan akhirnya tenggelam, sehingga misi ini di batalkan. Tak lama kemudian Yavuz dan Midili terilibat kembali di Sevastopol dalam penenggelaman dua buah kapal kargo, dan setelahnya keduanya berhasil meloloskan diri dari angkatan kejaran angkatan laut Rusia.
Still damaged, ''Yavuz'' sortied from the Bosphorus on 28 January and again on 7 February 1915 to help ''Midilli'' escape the Russian fleet; she also covered the return of the protected cruiser ''Hamidiye''. ''Yavuz'' then underwent repair work to the mine damage until May. On 1 April, with repairs incomplete, ''Yavuz'' left the Bosphorus in company with ''Midilli'' to cover the withdrawal of ''Hamidiye'' and the protected cruiser ''Mecidiye'', which had been sent to bombard Odessa. Strong currents, however, forced the cruisers 15 miles (24 km) east to the approaches of the Dnieper-Bug Liman (bay) that led to Nikolayev. As they sailed west after a course correction, ''Mecidiye'' struck a mine and sank, so this attack had to be aborted.After ''Yavuz'' and ''Midilli'' appeared off Sevastopol and sank two cargo steamers, the Russian fleet chased them all day, and detached several destroyers after dusk to attempt a torpedo attack. Only one destroyer, ''Gnevny'', was able to close the distance and launch an attack, which missed. ''Yavuz'' and ''Midilli'' returned to the Bosphorus unharmed.
 
On 25 April, the same day the Allies landed at Gallipoli, Russian naval forces arrived off the Bosphorus and bombarded the forts guarding the strait. Two days later ''Yavuz Sultan Selim'' headed south to the Dardanelles to bombard Allied troops at Gallipoli, accompanied by the pre-dreadnought battleship ''Turgut Reis''. They were spotted at dawn from a kite balloon as they were getting into position. When the first 15-inch (380 mm) round from the dreadnought ''Queen Elizabeth'' landed close by, ''Yavuz'' moved out of firing position, close to the cliffs, where ''Queen Elizabeth'' could not engage her. On 30 April ''Yavuz'' tried again, but was spotted from the pre-dreadnought ''Lord Nelson'' which had moved into the Dardanelles to bombard the Turkish headquarters at Çanakkale. The British ship only managed to fire five rounds before ''Yavuz'' moved out of her line of sight.