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Montreux Convention

  • The Montreux Convention is a multilateral agreement on the administration of the strait, signed in 1936, which gives control to Turkey over the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits.
  • Under this, Turkey has the right to regulate the transit of naval warships during the event of war and to block the straits for warships of countries involved in the conflict.
  • Turkey can limit the movement of Russian warships between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea through two strategic straits under this convention.
  • However, countries bordering the Black Sea have certain privileges under this convention, which undermine Turkey's traffic control powers.
  • The Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits are also called Turkish Straits or Black Sea Straits. It connects the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea through the Marmara Sea. It is the only waterway through which the Black Sea port can be accessed from the Mediterranean Sea.
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