After World War Ii The United States To Turkey Security Guarantees (1948-1952)

This paper is divided into three chapters,which systematically expound the decision-making process that the U.S. provided security guarantee to Turkey after the second world war.The first chapter analyzes the development of relations between the U.S. and Turkey at the early postwar period. The paper firstly narrates the Turkey Straits Crisis and the terrible international environment of Turkey . Besides, West Europe did not admit Turkey into the Europe defence system after the second world war. From above,the paper shortly describes the security dilemma of Turkey. Then from the several diplomatic policies of the U.S. after the second world war, the paper describes the policies of the U.S. to Turkey, such as the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. But the policies of the U.S. to Turkey is not steady. It is reflected in the Straits Crisis between the Soviet Union and Turkey after the second world war.The second chapter is the quest of Turkey for the security guarantee and the response of the U.S.to it. The change of the postwar international environment made Turkey fear his security. So Turkey started to explore to get security guarantee from the U.S.. The main way is that Turkey signed the Mediterranean Pact, including the U.S., or applied for admission to NATO. But the U.S. refused them one by one.The third chapter narrates the transition process from the U.S. refusing the formal security guarantee to giving Turkey security guarantee by means of Turkey admission to NATO. During this process the U.S. refused Turkey by reasons that Turkey was not an Atlantic country or an European country and the U.S. itself committed much more duties. But the Korean War changed the diplomatic strategy of the U.S. and accelerated the reconsideration about Turkey. At last , the U.S. agreed with Turkey admission to NATO. At the same time the U.S. finished the formal security guarantee to Turkey.