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.
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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.
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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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