Turkey joined the alliance in February 1952. The earliest reference ive found to the US-Turkish "honeymoon" being over came from a US diplomat in October of that year.
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Fun fact: Turkey has wanted to play a more independent and equal role in NATO since approximately 1952.
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By 1960 the Menderes government was already hoping to mend ties with Russia in response to frustrations with the US.
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The leaders of the May 27 coup, in turn, still thought Menderes was too pro American and briefly worried the US might intervene to save him. They envisioned an even more independent FP.pic.twitter.com/ugx5BMZ1iS
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@Samuel_J_Hirst and@Onur_Isci_ on the next three decades, but both Demirel and Ecevit also sought to improve ties with Russia. Turkey looked into buying arms from the Eastern bloc after the 1974 US arms embargo.Show this thread -
When the Cold War ended many analysts predicted the US-Turkish alliance would too. They looked a little silly in the 90s. Now it seems clear that the cement was gone, but it took the shocks of the last decade to actually bring the edifice down.
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What's happening now really is unprecedented, but let's not pretend it came out of nowhere.
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Equal with who? In 1952 their army was at circus level not participating in WW2 Never got any better than close to border operations.
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yeah turkey had a circus level army at ww2. but the germans didn’t dare to attack even though it would have given them direct access to much needed azeri oil. greece got invaded in 2 weeks btw. that means greece’s army was school book fair level?
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Independent and equal as in allying with the one Nato was created to oppose?
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