Turkish Straits

thumb|Location of the Bosporus (red) relative to the Dardanelles (yellow) and the [[Sea of Marmara]] thumb|Close-up satellite image of the Bosporus Strait, taken from the International Space Station in April 2004. The body of water at the top is the [[Black Sea, the one at the bottom is the Marmara Sea, and the Bosporus is the winding waterway that connects the two. The western banks of the Bosporus constitute the geographic starting point of the European continent, while the banks to the east are the geographic beginnings of the continent of Asia. The city of Istanbul is visible along both ba

thumb|right|250px|Map showing the location of the Dardanelles (yellow), relative to the Bosporus (red), the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, and the Black Sea. thumb|right|250px|View of the Dardanelles taken from the Landsat 7 satellite in September 2006. The body of water on the left is the Aegean Sea, while the one on the upper right is the Sea of Marmara. The Dardanelles is the tapered waterway running diagonally between the two seas, from the northeast to the southwest. The long, narrow upper peninsula on the northern shores of the strait is Gallipoli (), and constitutes the banks of the co

agreement regulating naval vessels in the Turkish Straits

Bosporus and Dardanelles straits in Turkey

treaty between Ottoman and Russian empires

Cold War territorial conflict between USSR & Turkey

International treaty 1841

International treaty