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Signed on 20 July 1936 at the Montreux Palace in Switzerland, [4] it went into effect on 9 November 1936, addressing the long running Straits Question over who should control the strategically vital link between the Black and Mediterranean seas. [5] The Montreux Convention regulates maritime traffic through the Turkish Straits.
The Turkish parliament formed a committee to compare the civil codes of European countries. Austrian, German, French, and Swiss civil codes were examined. [1] Finally on 25 December 1925 the commission decided on the Swiss civil code as a model for the Turkish civil code. [2] The Turkish Civil Code was enacted on 17 February 1926.
It has been said that, at a meeting in 1928, Gulbenkian drew a red line on a map of the Middle East demarcating the boundaries of the area where the self-denial clause would be in effect. [7] Gulbenkian said this was the boundary of the Ottoman Empire he knew in 1914.
Although there are more than 100 species of lemurs, the ring-tailed lemur is arguably the most well-known thanks to King Julien in the hit children’s film Madagascar. His need to “move it ...
Borrowing from the French Revolutionary ideals of the nation and the Republic, [citation needed] Article 3 affirms that "The Turkish State, with its territory and nation, is an indivisible entity. Its language is Turkish". Article 66 defines a Turkish civic identity: "everyone bound to the Turkish state through the bond of citizenship is a Turk".
It is not what I would typically order, but someone shared a bite with me the first time I went 4 years ago, and it's what I get most excited for anytime I go back," says Cameron Beall, Associate ...
Reality TV producer Mark Burnett ('The Apprentice," "The Voice," and "Survivor") was named the UK special envoy by President-elect Donald Trump.
Acute human rights issues include in particular the status of Kurds in Turkey.The Kurdish–Turkish conflict has caused numerous human rights violations over the years. . There is an ongoing debate in the country on the right to life, torture, freedom of expression as well as freedoms of religion, assembly and associ