Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits

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The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits is a 1936 international agreement that grants Turkey control over the Bosporus and Dardanelles and regulates the passage of naval warships between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control agreement
international treaty
multilateral convention
treaty on freedom of navigation
allocatesControlTo Turkey
allowsSubmarinePassageFor Black Sea states under specific conditions
appliesTo aircraft carriers
submarines
surface warships
cameAfter League of Nations era disarmament efforts
enteredIntoForceOn 1936-11-09
establishesRegimeFor Black Sea access
grantsControlOf Bosporus
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
grantsTurkeyRight to close the Straits if Turkey is threatened with imminent danger of war
to close the Straits to warships of belligerent states in time of war
guarantees free passage of merchant ships in peacetime
hasStrategicImportanceFor NATO
Russia
Ukraine
historicalContext interwar period
language French
limits duration of stay of non–Black Sea warships in the Black Sea
number of non–Black Sea warships in the Black Sea
tonnage of non–Black Sea warships in the Black Sea
officialName Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits self-linksurface differs
surface form: Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
primarySubject Turkish Straits system
surface form: Turkish Straits
region Black Sea region
regulates passage of merchant vessels
passage of naval warships
regulatesPassageBetween Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
replaced Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits self-linksurface differs
surface form: Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits
replacedInstrumentSignedAt Lausanne
replacedInstrumentSignedOn 1923-07-24
restricts passage of aircraft carriers through the Straits
setsMaximumStayForNonBlackSeaWarships 21 days
shortName Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits self-linksurface differs
surface form: Montreux Convention
signatory Bulgaria
France
Greece
Romania
Soviet Union
Turkey
United Kingdom
Yugoslavia
signedAt Montreux
signedInCountry Switzerland
signedOn 1936-07-20
stillInForce true

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Soviet Black Sea Fleet geopoliticalConstraint Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Dardanelles governedBy Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Bosporus regimeDefinedBy Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Soviet–Turkish conflicts (interwar period) includesDiplomaticEvent Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits officialName Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits shortName Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Montreux Convention
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits replaced Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits
Turkish Straits system hasLegalRegime Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Turkish Straits system governedBy Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits