The 1936 Montreux Convention gives Ankara broad rights to monitor and limit the types of vessels sailing into the Black Sea. Despite supporting Ukraine militarily, President Erdogan has crucial political and economic reasons for preserving good ties with Moscow, so he is unlikely to take any actions in the Black Sea that are not strictly laid out in the Montreux Convention.ĭuring the last week of August, Russia reportedly shipped S-300 missile defense systems from Syria back to its territory through the Turkish Straits (the Bosporus and Dardanelles), raising questions about the nature of Turkey’s control over these waterways.
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