Turkey condemns warning by retired admirals over Bosphorus treaty
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Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin says declaration by the former naval officers was ‘reminiscent of coup times’.
Top Turkish officials on Sunday lashed out at an open letter signed by more than 100 retired admirals warning about a possible threat to a treaty governing the use of Turkey’s key waterways. Ankara’s approval last month of plans to develop a shipping canal in Istanbul comparable to the Panama or Suez canals has opened up debate about the 1936 Montreux Convention. Kanal Istanbul (Istanbul Canal) is the most ambitious of what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan terms his “crazy projects”, which have seen him transform Turkey’s infrastructure with new airports, bridges, roads and tunnels during his 18 years in power.More Related News