Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"As a country on the Black Sea, the Montreux convention allows these country's to do as they wish"
That's not quite true - Aircraft Carriers were banned for years - which is why the Russians changed the designation on their boats - but the Turks are reasonably flexible
and after all a couple of US warships give VV Putin something to think about other than Turkey.
Max 21 day stay.
I am not sure why Russia would be worried about Turkey, they happy to sell them weapons, sadly because of Obama it has meant Turkey has moved away from US sphere of influence.