Research Article

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT

Number: 47 December 19, 2019
  • Şaban Çalış
  • Çağlar Söker
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TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT

Abstract

The aim of this article is to revisit the questions of how and why Turkey stayed neutral during the Second World War. It was obvious that neither its economy nor its military capacity was enough powerful to afford such a big war for a long time. However, the role of diplomacy and statecraft cannot be ignored in this process, too. Indeed, Turkish decision-makers as political leaders and diplomats who experienced devastating effects of many wars were not in favor of entering into any war. Although some may think or argue that if Turkey had entered the war on the side of the Allies when they began to pressure for it, it could gain a lot of advantages after the war. However, as this research article has also demonstrated, such arguments are completely groundless for three significant reasons: When, how and in which side should Turkey join the war while the policies of warring parties and the winning side of the war appeared to change from time to time until towards the end of 1944? At that time none wanted Turkey to participate actively in the war on their side. On the other hand, there is no doubt that if Turkey fought in the war, this would cost many more million lives in Turkey, in addition to a ruined country from top to down. If there was a success in this war, they mostly belonged to the leaders who played both of the roles of diplomacy and statecraft according to their abilities, connections, experiences and flexible preferences in order to keep Turkey out of the war. •

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English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Şaban Çalış This is me
0000-0002-6360-3787
Türkiye

Çağlar Söker This is me
0000-0002-1365-2791
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 19, 2019

Submission Date

November 20, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Year 2019 Number: 47

APA
Çalış, Ş., & Söker, Ç. (2019). TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 47, 445-463. https://doi.org/10.21563/sutad.855900
AMA
1.Çalış Ş, Söker Ç. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2019;(47):445-463. doi:10.21563/sutad.855900
Chicago
Çalış, Şaban, and Çağlar Söker. 2019. “TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 47: 445-63. https://doi.org/10.21563/sutad.855900.
EndNote
Çalış Ş, Söker Ç (December 1, 2019) TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 47 445–463.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Çalış and Ç. Söker, “TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT”, Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 47, pp. 445–463, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.21563/sutad.855900.
ISNAD
Çalış, Şaban - Söker, Çağlar. “TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 47 (December 1, 2019): 445-463. https://doi.org/10.21563/sutad.855900.
JAMA
1.Çalış Ş, Söker Ç. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2019;:445–463.
MLA
Çalış, Şaban, and Çağlar Söker. “TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 47, Dec. 2019, pp. 445-63, doi:10.21563/sutad.855900.
Vancouver
1.Şaban Çalış, Çağlar Söker. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: NEUTRALITY, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2019 Dec. 1;(47):445-63. doi:10.21563/sutad.855900

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