Turkish involvement in Cold War
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Topic: Turkish involvement in Cold War
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Turkish involvement in Cold War
Date Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 18:46
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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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Posted By: Tobodai
Date Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 19:00
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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. ------------- "the people are nothing but a great beast... I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value." -Alexander Hamilton |
Posted By: J.M.Finegold
Date Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 20:07
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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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Posted By: PeaceInOurTime
Date Posted: 08-Mar-2005 at 12:14
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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. |
Posted By: Turk
Date Posted: 08-Mar-2005 at 16:21
Nobody "pushed" Turkey to join NATO, considering how it was one of the founding members of the organization. ------------- 
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