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The Cooperation Amid Problems: Turkish-American Relations in the 1980's

Yıl 1997, , 13 - 30, 01.05.1997
https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000253

Öz

The uneasy relationship between Turkeyand the United States was
further exacerbated by the resumption of poppy cultivation by the Turkish
govemment in June 1974. The Americans, who believed that the main cause
of the American drug addiction problem was the smuggling of Turkish
opium into the United States, perceived this Turkish initiative as an antiAmerican act. While Congress was busy with trying to cut off aid to Turkey
as a retaliation, a coup occurred in Cyprus on LSJuly 1974, bringing about
the Turkish intervention to the island. In both cases the American
government inclined toward accepting the new situations and avoided
showing strong responses which would alienate both the Greeks and the
Turks. Imposing of an arrns embargo on Turkey by the U.S. Congress,
starting on 5 February 1975, was mainly a result of a power competition
between the U.S. administratian and Congress, which was determined to
make the arrogant rulers respect the rulc of lawand to regain its power in
foreign policy-making. The unhappiness of congressmen on the Turkish
poppy decision and propaganda activities of the Greek lobby, too, played role
in the embargo dccision

The Cooperation Amid Problems: Turkish-American Relations in the 1980's

Yıl 1997, , 13 - 30, 01.05.1997
https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000253

Öz

The uneasy relationship between Turkeyand the United States was
further exacerbated by the resumption of poppy cultivation by the Turkish
govemment in June 1974. The Americans, who believed that the main cause
of the American drug addiction problem was the smuggling of Turkish
opium into the United States, perceived this Turkish initiative as an antiAmerican act. While Congress was busy with trying to cut off aid to Turkey
as a retaliation, a coup occurred in Cyprus on LSJuly 1974, bringing about
the Turkish intervention to the island. In both cases the American
government inclined toward accepting the new situations and avoided
showing strong responses which would alienate both the Greeks and the
Turks. Imposing of an arrns embargo on Turkey by the U.S. Congress,
starting on 5 February 1975, was mainly a result of a power competition
between the U.S. administratian and Congress, which was determined to
make the arrogant rulers respect the rulc of lawand to regain its power in
foreign policy-making. The unhappiness of congressmen on the Turkish
poppy decision and propaganda activities of the Greek lobby, too, played role
in the embargo dccision

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Siyaset Bilimi
Bölüm Research Article
Yazarlar

Nasuh Uslu

Yayımlanma Tarihi 1 Mayıs 1997
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 1997

Kaynak Göster

APA Uslu, N. (1997). The Cooperation Amid Problems: Turkish-American Relations in the 1980’s. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations(27), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000253