Cabotage Day
cabotage day turkish kabotaj bayramı also called maritime cabotage day annual celebration related merchant marine right turkey held july turkey ottoman empire precursor turkey coastwise shipping mostly carried foreign company permitted capitulation ottoman empire however treaty lausanne signed july capitulation abolished length turkish coast anatolian thracian peninsula kilometre mi cabotage act enacted april turkey declared turkish vessel permitted serve along coastline law took effect july year date known cabotage day beginning name day changed maritime cabotage day