About: Bosphorus

US thanks Turkey for shutting down Black Sea straits for warships

Turkey is calling on all sides in the Ukraine crisis to respect an international pact on passage through the Turkish straits to the Black Sea, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was cited as saying after Ankara closed access.

Erdogan discusses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Lukashenko

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office said early on Tuesday (1 March) that he held a phone call with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko to discuss developments in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two premiers discussed ceasefire talks between Russia...