Expert Says Turkey Would Reject Any US Request to Deploy Nuclear Submarines in Black Sea

Expert says Turkey would reject any US request to deploy nuclear submarines in Black Sea

Turkey would reject any US request to deploy nuclear submarines in the Black Sea, over which it serves as a guardian, international law analyst Hakan ...

Türkiye to reject US nuclear submarines in the Black Sea

The international law analyst stated that the Montreux Convention gives Ankara the power to restrict the transit of military vessels. He stressed that the agreement only allows temporary entry to Turkish ports. The United States must ask permission from Turkey, but the Convention prohibits the permanent presence of atomic submarines, Erkiner told Turkish newspaper. The Eurasian nation strictly applies the 1936 treaty, which regulates passage thr…