What Are the Turkish Straits? 🌏 | Bitesize Geopolitics<br /><br />#Shorts #Turkey #Russia #Ukraine #Straits #Geopolitics<br /><br />Situated between the smaller European portion, and larger Asian portion, of Turkey - are the Turkish Straits. Consisting of the Dardenelles to the South, and the Bosphorus to the North, the Turkish Straits form another of the world’s critical maritime choke points - with the city that straddles the latter feature, Istanbul, being of great importance to the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires throughout history. <br /><br />The straits connect the Black Sea with the Eastern Mediterranean, giving vessels wider access to international trade and travel routes through the Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />👍 Support my work here:<br /><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARGlobalSecurity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/ARGlobalSecurity</a><br /><br />☕ Buy me a coffee:<br /><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ARGlobalSec" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ARGlobalSec</a><br /><br />📺 Follow Me On Odysee:<br /><a href="https://odysee.com/$/invite/@arglobalsecurity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://odysee.com/$/invite/@arglobalsecurity</a>:1<br /><br />📡 Non-Patreon Discord Server:<br /><a href="https://discord.gg/QzPUNpZ2D9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://discord.gg/QzPUNpZ2D9</a><br /><br />📕 Reading List: <br /><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/arglobalsecurity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/arglobalsecurity</a> (affiliate)<br /><br />💼 Business email:<br />[email protected]<br /><br /><br />🐦 Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ARGlobalSec" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ARGlobalSec</a><br />🌐 Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/arglobalsec" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/arglobalsec</a><br />📋 LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ar-global-security" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/company/ar-global-security</a><br />🔗 Linktree: <a href="https://linktr.ee/ARGlobalSecurity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/ARGlobalSecurity</a><br /><br /><br />ℹ️ All sources on Patreon.<br /><br />☑️ Please like, comment and subscribe! <br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you for watching!<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />As of 2022, it is estimated that 3 percent of the world’s oil supply travels through the strait, being a primary export route for states such as Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. More recently, the war in Ukraine has served to highlight the importance of the transit of other resources such as grain - with 90% of pre-war Ukrainian grain exports previously transiting the strait.<br /><br />The strait is governed by the Montreaux convention - under which Ukraine asked Turkey to close the strait to Russian warships in February - more on this in another video.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5D4SOavg_Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5D4SOavg_Q</a>