According to the 1936 Montreux Convention, regarding the Regime of the Straits, often referred to simply as the Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over both the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.

made up of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus. The modern question dates essentially from 1774 when Russia won commercial access to the Straits, a right later extended to other ...

He asked the Turkish leader to close the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships, to join the EU sanctions against Russia, and to blockade Crimea with the Turkish fleet. However ...

TASS/. The Russian embassy in Turkey has received no official notifications on the closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits to Russian warships, an embassy spokesperson told TASS.

MOSCOW, May 14. /TASS/. A group of warships from the Russian and Chinese navies have started passing through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits for joint drills in the Mediterranean Sea ...