The Turkish government has prohibited the intended passage of two ex-UK Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessels to Ukraine via the Turkish straits of the Black Sea. According to a statement issued by the country’s Directorate of Communications on Tuesday, January 2, the government has closed the...
ATHENS/ISTANBUL, Aug 23 (Reuters) – More searing temperatures fueled wildfires and prompted health warnings across Europe on Wednesday, as a blaze in Turkey forced the closure of the Dardanelles shipping lane and winds fanned…
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ANKARA, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Maritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire in the Turkish northwestern province of Canakkale,…
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Guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) transits the Bosphorus Strait en route to the Black Sea on Aug. 28, 2015. US Navy Photo
Turkey has closed off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to warships from any country, whether or not they border the Black Sea, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The strait closures will still allow warships through if they are returning to a home base in the Black Sea, according to reporting from Naval News. This would include Russian ships in the...
https://news.usni.org/2022/02/28/turkey-closes-bosphorus-dardanelles-straits-to-warships
Turkey’s foreign ministry has confirmed that the country’s government will implement some of the articles of an international treaty with the aim of potential ..
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