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    Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 18:46
For my IB 20th Century Issues class we are learning about the cold war, and my teacher suggested for me (having Turkish heritage) to do a research paper on Turkish involvement in the cold war... I know there was Communist rebellion and such, but other than that I know very little, and you guys are all history buffs (and I know there are some Turks on here)...

So if you have any sources (names of books, websites, etc.) that you can give me, that would be awesome.
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all I can tell you is the US staryted building nuke silos there ont eh caucauses and I think then later removed them for either a the cuban missle crisis compromise or some reduction treaty.
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Well, from what I gather due to an analysis on the situation in the area, the United States allowed, and even pushed, Turkey (and Greece) to join NATO because they needed a counter-weight in the Mediterranean to the pro-Soviet Arab leagues.  They, probably, also needed a foward base to deal with anything the Soviets pulled in case the Soviets decided to shift their weight on Israel.
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Saturn missiles were removed from Turkey as a result of US-Soviet compromise following the Cuban Missile Crisis.

FYI, all NATO nuclear arms have only recently been removed from Greece.
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Originally posted by Dux

Well, from what I gather due to an analysis on the situation in the area, the United States allowed, and even pushed, Turkey (and Greece) to join NATO because they needed a counter-weight in the Mediterranean to the pro-Soviet Arab leagues.  They, probably, also needed a foward base to deal with anything the Soviets pulled in case the Soviets decided to shift their weight on Israel.


Nobody "pushed" Turkey to join NATO, considering how it was one of the founding members of the organization.
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