Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey'S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47

Mustafa Sıtkı Bilgin

doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000051

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Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey'S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47

Abstract

The article focuses on the British attitude towards Turkey's policies in the Middle East in the period betvveen, 1945-47. At the start of the Cold War Turkey faced an obvious threat from the Soviet Union directed against her independence and territorial integrity. She at fırst asked for British and later American help to thwart this danger. Turkey, simultaneously, tried to establish a security zone around her borders with the Arab states closest to Britain. In this context, therefore, the article deals vvith Turkey's efforts to improve her relations vvith the regional states. It then goes on to examine hovv Great Britain and the Soviet Union reacted to the Turkish political and strategic attempts in the Middle East. The paper argues that Turkey adopted a narrovv bilateral line vvith the Arab states rather than a broad regional approach. The main reasons for this approach vvere: fırst, Turkey, under the rule of President İnönü, vvas reluctant to go too far in engaging in Middle Eastern affairs; second, London took a hesitant attitude tovvards Ankara's policies in the region; and last, Moscovv strongly reacted to Turkey's political steps vvith the Arab states.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mustafa Sıtkı Bilgin This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2002

Submission Date

January 1, 2002

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Year 2002 Number: 33

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000051

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https://izlik.org/JA79TX85RY

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APA

Bilgin, M. S. (2002). Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, 33, 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000051

AMA

1.Bilgin MS. Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2002;(33):258-269. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000051

Chicago

Bilgin, Mustafa Sıtkı. 2002. “Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, nos. 33: 258-69. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000051.

EndNote

Bilgin MS (May 1, 2002) Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 33 258–269.

IEEE

[1]M. S. Bilgin, “Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47”, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 33, pp. 258–269, May 2002, doi: 10.1501/Intrel_0000000051.

ISNAD

Bilgin, Mustafa Sıtkı. “Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 33 (May 1, 2002): 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000051.

JAMA

1.Bilgin MS. Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2002;:258–269.

MLA

Bilgin, Mustafa Sıtkı. “Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 33, May 2002, pp. 258-69, doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000051.

Vancouver

1.Mustafa Sıtkı Bilgin. Biritish Attitude Towards Turkey’S Policvies In The Middle East 1945-47. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2002 May 1;(33):258-69. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000051