Turkey shipped cotton towards Romania according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 17 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 17 February 1940 No. 758 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the neutral ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for or chartered by the enemy. An item reported that between Romania and Turkey an agreement was made dealing with 15,000 ton Turkish cotton. The Turkish steamship Refah would load at Izmir 6,000 bales voor Constanta, Romania.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.