TURKEY AND USA RELATIONSHIP DURING THE COLD WAR
Journal Title: Вчені записки Таврійський національний університет імені В.І. Вернадського. Серія: Історичні науки - Year 2018, Vol 29, Issue 4
Abstract
The relationship between Turkey and the United States was built in the throes of the Cold War. For decades, their interaction was dominated by political and military considerations relating to Europe, especially how best to meet the Soviet strategic challenge and how best to manage the complex and frustrating Turkey-Greece-Cyprus triangle. More than twenty years after the end of the Cold War, however, those traditional priorities are making way for a new agenda that reflects not just changes in the international system but also Turkey’s remarkable transformation from a military-dominated society to a fledgling democracy. Issues of contention in this relationship will be analyzed and effect of these issues on Turkish foreign policy will be evaluated. To this end, the US’s policy to shift NATO’s defense strategy from massive retaliation strategy to flexible response strategy in spite of opposition of some NATO allies including Turkey will be evaluated. The US’s secret agreement with the Soviet Union to withdraw Jupiter missiles in Turkey during the Cuba Crisis in spite of Turkey’s reservations will be investigated. Effect of these issues on Turkish foreign policy will be analyzed. After the Second World War, Turkey became a part of the Western Bloc. Nonetheless, Turkey, which was a middle-power country, disagreed with the US over some issues. As a consequence, while continuing to be a part of the Western Bloc, Turkey tried to follow a more balanced and multi-dimensional foreign policy.
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L. Nabiyeva
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