REGULATION OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TURKISH STRAITS

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PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs
Volume:6 Issue:1
REGULATION OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TURKISH STRAITS

REGULATION OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TURKISH STRAITS

Authors : Yücel GÜÇLÜ

Pages : 0-0

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Publication Date : 2001-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The Turkish Straits have all the importance of a vital international waterway, as well as being the key to Istanbul and the meeting-place of Europe and Asia. In several places the Straits are very narrow and therefore technically within the territorial jurisdiction of its riverain power. Their coasts command commercial and strategic communications, not only of the Marmara and Black Seas, but also of the whole Black Sea basin, including southern Russia and the Danube valley. The question of the Straits has been one of the cornerstones of Turkey`s relations with the Powers for more than two centuries. The modern problem dates essentially from 1774 when Russia by an international agreement acquired commercial access through the Straits - a right later extended to other states. But the waterway remained closed to non-Turkish warships according to the ancient rule of the Ottoman Empire, which continued to be the law until the end of the First World War.1
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