Nova effect in Turkish foreign policy: Turkish-American relations (1945-1964)

Ekrem Yaşar AKÇAY^[1] - Halil Emre DENIŞ^[2]

https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2023.1.61-78

 

Abstract: During the Cold War, which broke out between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc after the Second World War, the Strategic Partnership was established between Turkey and the United States (US). As a result, the two states acted together against the Soviet Union threat. Turkish-American relations, which continued well from the early Cold War to the early 1960s, have been strained from time to time because of developments in the 1960s. These relations have also had some positive (lucky) and negative (unlucky) consequences for Turkey. This study reviews Turkish-American relations between 1945 and 1964. Turkish-American relations against the Soviet Union threat and communism, described as a common fall in the early years of the Cold War, were strained by what was written to Turkey by US President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, known as the Johnson letter. The study examines the breakdowns in Turkish-American relations during this period. We evaluate the impact of the development of Turkish-American relations on Turkey within the framework of the Nova effect, while the results of positive and negative development of relations were vaguely good or bad.

Keywords: international relations, Turkish foreign policy, Nova effect, Cold War, Turkey, US

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JEL: F50, N45

Submitted: 28. 9. 2022 | Accepted: 13. 3. 2023 | Published 15. 3. 2023

 

To cite this article (APA style):

Akçay, E.Y., & Deniş, H.E. (2023). Nova effect in Turkish foreign policy: Turkish-American relations. Medzinárodné vzťahy – Slovak Journal of International Relations, 21(1), 61 – 78. https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2023.1.61-78

 

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

ISSN online: 1339-2751

 

^[1] Dr. Ekrem Yaşar Akçay, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hakkari University, Merzan Mah. Küçük Sanayi Sitesi Arkası 433. Sok. No. 51 Hakkari, Turkey, e-mail: . https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-6133

^[2] Dr. Halil Emre Deniş. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hakkari University, Merzan Mah. Küçük Sanayi Sitesi Arkası 433. Sok. No. 51 Hakkari, Turkey, e-mail: . https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9830-5624.