AN EVALUATION OF THE US DEFENSE CONCEPT OVER THE TURKISH STRAITS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR

Authors : İsmail Köse, Yasemin Kutlu Yürük

Pages : 855-874

Doi:10.18513/egetid.1657021

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Publication Date : 2025-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Throughout history, the Mediterranean and its surroundings, the core of many empires and home to several civilizations since antiquity, witnessed nations, states and empires struggle to dominate, thereby becoming an important factor in determining their foreign policies. While the region had an important role in the making and sustaining of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, the colonial Britishers saw it as a prerequisite for controlling their colonies in Asia. During the Cold War, it invited attention from the Americans and Soviet Russians alike as they competed to establish their dominance in the region because of its growing importance in energy transportation. Parallelly, with the Turkish straits being key to the Mediterranean, it also brought the attention of Cold War actors to Turkey. This paper mainly examines why the United States (USA) increased its attention over the Turkish Straits and its respective policies toward Turkey at the beginning of the Cold War. Also paper evaluates the economic presence of the USA at the Turkish Straits by using data’.
Keywords : Türk Boğazları, Türkiye, Soğuk Savaş, ABD, SSCB.

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