Tag Archives: Montreux Convention

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Montreux Convention

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

March 3, 2022 The Turkish Government has decided to close the Turkish Straits to all warships as a result of Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine. So, I thought that an updated version of a post I had written two years … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

March 1, 2022 In my last post, I said that President Putin would probably resist ordering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine because a bloody conflict will zero out his theory about the Russians and Ukrainians being one people. I proved … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Stormy Spring

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

April 12, 2021 In a recent post I gave a summary of two weeks of disarray, confusion, and wobbling in Turkey. What the country has witnessed during the following two weeks gives me no other choice than to admit that … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Tumultuous Days

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

March 26, 2021 The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence,  known as the Istanbul Convention, was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul. Turkey was the first member state to … Continue reading →

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The Montreux Convention: Russia’s Perspective

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Ali Tuygan

January 28, 2020 “Canal İstanbul”, first introduced to the public as a “crazy project” by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (JDP) Government, has become the subject of an increasingly heated discussion. Among the various aspects of the project currently debated … Continue reading →

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