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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1922

Page

7

The Dardanelles Problem and Prosporus In World Affairs

The text traces a long standing issue over control of the Dardanelles and adjacent waters. It notes 1454 Turkish advances that gave them western frontage and assertion of navigation rights from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. It mentions later Turkish expansionfronting the Black Sea and declares the Black Sea a chaste and pure virgin inaccessible to commerce.

Dardanelles Prosporus America Atlantic Bosporus Constantinople Black Sea Mediterranean Europe Angora Turkey Lausanne Switzerland Ismet Pasha Ukraine Taurida Kuban Georgia Don Republic Russia World

Straits of Dardanelles and Bosporus Opened by Sevres Terms

The article reviews how control of the Straits linking the Mediterranean to the Black Sea became a focal point of European diplomacy. It traces Turkish rule since 1453, the naval and trade tensions, and the Sevres treaty provisions establishing international oversight, a demilitarized zone, and the Commission of the Straits with broad participation.

Black Sea Great Lakes United States Europe Dardanelles Mediterranean Aegean Sea Bosporus Sevres Angola Serres Mustapha Kemal Angora Great Britain France Italy Spain League of Nations Straits Encyclopedia Britannica Reeporne Owever Constantinople Asia Minor Turkey Young Turks” Party National Assembly Mustapha Kemal Pasha The Gosporus

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