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On the Black Sea: The Voyage Begins

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Tim Whewell sets out from Istanbul, the great port that holds the keys to the Black Sea, sailing north through the Bosphorus straits towards Ukraine.

A voyage across a mysterious sea where empires have clashed for centuries and tensions are rising again. By ferry, rowing-boat, horse-drawn wagon, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service travels over, around, and under the Black Sea, to discover its ancient and modern secrets. As Russia and Nato build up their naval power in the region, presenter Tim Whewell meets the Istanbul ship-spotter who helped alert the world to the scale of the Kremlin’s military involvement in Syria. Tim embarks on his journey over the sea to Odessa in Ukraine. It is a city in love with the sea. But its character is beginning to change.

Producer: Monica Whitlock

(Photo: Istanbul panorama Credit: Tony Jolliffe/Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

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