Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The Turkish Straits are the only way in and out of the Black Sea. The maritime traffic passing through this great strategic waterway of antiquity, running through the heart of Istanbul, remains full of intrigue, as Russia continues to find ways around shipping embargoes and restrictions in place now for nearly a decade. Yoruk Isik – known as the Bosphorus Observer – is one of the most astute analysts of the waterway, and he joins us from Istanbul with some truly fascinating observations into the sort of games playing out almost in full view of one of the world’s great cities.

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