Rethinking Turkish-American Relations as a Component of the Turkish Foreign Policy Towards the USSR from the Cold War Until Today

After the Second World War Turkey found herself in a diplomatic solitude. Also because of her geographical location, Turkey was placed between two antagonist blocs. In 1945 as the Turco-Soviet relations began to detoriate, Turkey was willing to integrate herself with the Western Bloc and to overcome her security problems with the Western help. However this help came from the US. From the begining of the Cold War until 1990's, the chracteristics of the Turkish foreign policy was shaped upon the US' and the USSR's attitudes towards Turkey. The main theme of this article is to interrogate the Turkish-American relations from 1940's until today and to examine the Turkey's policies towards the Socialist Bloc.