Research Article

Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries

Number: 36 May 1, 2005
  • Umut Uzer
  • Ayşe Uzer
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Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries

Abstract

Cold War dynamics compelled Turkey and the nationalist Arab countries, particularly Egypt and Syria, to join two opposing camps. Conflicting geopolitical interests betvveen Turkey and the nationalist Arab countries led to a rivalry for regional hegemony and an alignment pattern inimical to the security of the other countries. Turkey's membership in NATO in 1952 and the establishment of the Baghdad Pact in 1955 caused concern for the Egyptian president Gamal abd-al Nasser, vvho perceived those pacts as tools of Western imperialism. On the other hand, for Turkey these pacts vvere guarantors of Turkish security against an expansionist Soviet Union. Diverging threat perceptions betvveen Turkey and the radical Arab states resulted in a tense atmosphere in the Middle East sub-system.

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English

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Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Umut Uzer This is me

Ayşe Uzer This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2005

Submission Date

January 1, 2005

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Year 2005 Number: 36

APA
Uzer, U., & Uzer, A. (2005). Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, 36, 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000105
AMA
1.Uzer U, Uzer A. Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2005;(36):101-118. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000105
Chicago
Uzer, Umut, and Ayşe Uzer. 2005. “Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, nos. 36: 101-18. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000105.
EndNote
Uzer U, Uzer A (May 1, 2005) Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 36 101–118.
IEEE
[1]U. Uzer and A. Uzer, “Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries”, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 36, pp. 101–118, May 2005, doi: 10.1501/Intrel_0000000105.
ISNAD
Uzer, Umut - Uzer, Ayşe. “Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 36 (May 1, 2005): 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000105.
JAMA
1.Uzer U, Uzer A. Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2005;:101–118.
MLA
Uzer, Umut, and Ayşe Uzer. “Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 36, May 2005, pp. 101-18, doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000105.
Vancouver
1.Umut Uzer, Ayşe Uzer. Diverging Perceptions Of The Cold War: Baghdad Pact As A Source Of Conflict Between Turkey And The Nationalist Arab Countries. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2005 May 1;(36):101-18. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000105