THE BLACK SEA AND THE ENERGY EQUATION IN THE MIDDLE OF POWER BALANCES

Abstract

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the waters in the Black Sea have not calmed down. From the first days of the occupation, although the demand of Western states, especially the USA, to send a navy in the Black Sea by suspending the terms of the Montreux Agreement, put Türkiye under great pressure, Türkiye has not made any concessions from the Montreux Agreement until now. Desiring to see the Black Sea as a sea of peace, Türkiye established the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization and included even Armenia in this organization, seeing the Black Sea not only as a sea where borders are shared, but also as a common denominator where problems are resolved.