POINT OF VIEW

There may be another surprise awaiting the world in regard to the Ukraine crisis. The Montreaux Agreement signed in 1936 granted Turkey control over the Dardanelles Straits which is the waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. It is a bottle neck through Turkish territory that gives Turkey the right to restrict military vessels from crossing through its territory into theā€¦

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