Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits was a 1936 agreement that gives Turkey control over the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bosporus - photo taken from International Space Station. ... Map of the Dardanelles The Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, Dardanellia), formerly known as the Hellespont (Greek: Eλλήσποντος, Hellespontos), is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. ...

The Bosporus straits are considered international waterways and Turkey is prohibited from restricting their use in peacetime. Turkish maritime authorities can check ships for sanitary conditions and safety and can charge tolls, but cannot stop their passage. The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands [1]. Oceans and seas, waters outside... Peacetime is the eighth studio album by Eddi Reader released in the UK on January 29, 2007. ...

The 1936 Montreux Convention came about due to the Turkish desire to remilitarize the Straits, which under the terms of the Lausanne Convention had been demilitarized. They also wanted the international Straits Commission created by the Lausanne Convention abolished, seeing it as an obstacle to Turkish sovereignty in their internal waters. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Conference of Lausanne was a 1922--23 peace conference held in Lausanne, in order to write a new treaty with Turkey, which, under the new government of Kemal Pasha, did not recognise the Treaty of Sèvres. ... Demilitarization 1. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ...

The representatives of ten nations attended the conference held in Montreux. The principal contenders were Britain, the Soviet Union and Turkey; the main issue was military - the passage of combatant vessels in war. Montreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of 22,897. ... Diagrams of first and third rate warships, England, 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Look up war in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Convention agreed to consists of 29 Articles, four annexes and one protocol. Articles 2 - 7 consider the passage of merchant ships. Articles 8 - 22 consider the passage of war vessels. The key principle of freedom of passage and navigation is stated in articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Article 1 provides that "The High Contracting Parties recognise and affirm the principle of freedom of passage and navigation by sea in the Straits". Article 2 states that "In time of peace, merchant vessels shall enjoy complete freedom of passage and navigation in the Straits, by day and by night, under any flag with any kind of cargo."

The winners were the Turks - the remilitarization of the Straits, the abolition of the Straits Commission and the collective guarantee clause of the Lausanne Convention gave Turkey complete sovereignty over the Straits.

The Montreux Convention is still in effect, with Turkey the sole authority with the legal power to enforce the Convention. But Turkey must still adhere to the principles of international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982), this can cause problems as there are variances between the two Conventions. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Opened for signature December 10, 1982 in Montego Bay (Jamaica) Entered into force November 16, 1994[1] Conditions for entry into force 60 ratifications Parties 149[2] For maritime law in general see Admiralty law. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• (English) Full text of the convention