Would neutral Turkey allow an Allied supply convoy through the straits?

Would Turkey allow an Allied supply convoy to pass through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus?

Possibly, under an arrangement for merchant passage and changes of escort, but Turkish consent and the surrounding diplomacy remain uncertain.

The proposed arrangement escorts merchant ships to Turkish waters, sends them through the straits, and hands them over to Soviet protection beyond them. Neutrality is offered as a reason for permitting merchant passage, while Turkey's willingness to cooperate remains a condition of the scheme. Yavuz could accompany the convoy as a visible assertion that Turkey still controlled its own waters. German retaliation against Turkey would risk bringing it into the war on the Allied side. Territorial concessions in Syria are suggested as possible leverage, but that proposal creates a further dispute with France. Britain's confrontation with France over Syria in 1945 provides a comparison for how difficult such bargaining could become.