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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Statements (51)

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 Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits ⓘ
primarySubject Turkish Straits ⓘ
region Black Sea region ⓘ
regulates passage of merchant vessels ⓘ
passage of naval warships ⓘ
regulatesPassageBetween Black Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
replaced 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 ⓘ
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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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits ⓘ
linked to: Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits → shortName → Montreux Convention ⓘ
linked to: Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits → replaced → Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits ⓘ
linked to: Montreux Convention Regarding 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 ⓘ
Straits zone → affectedBy → Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits (1936) ⓘ
linked to: Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Bosphorus region → subjectTo → Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits ⓘ
British control of the Straits Zone → followedBy → Convention on the Regime of the Straits ⓘ
linked to: Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits