Turkish-American and Turkish-Soviet relations in the years 1945-1952. Selected aspects

Karolina Wanda Olszowska

doi:10.21697/sc.2024.31.1.19

Published: 2024-11-10

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2024)

Turkish-American and Turkish-Soviet relations in the years 1945-1952. Selected aspects

Karolina Wanda Olszowska

Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings

Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2024.31.1.19

Abstract

When analyzing Turkish-American and Turkish-Soviet relations after the end of WW2, one should take their mutual influence into consideration. Researchers usually look at Turkish-US relations in isolation from Turkish-Soviet relations. However, only by analyzing them in their entirety can Turkey's complicated situation in the period from the end of the war to Turkey's accession to NATO be understood. In this text, the author analyzes the three most important events in the history of Turkey in the period in question: the issue of the Black Sea Straits, the aid under the Marshall Plan and the issue of Turkey's accession to NATO.

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Turkey, Cold War, Soviet Union, United States, rivalry

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Olszowska , K. W. (2024). Turkish-American and Turkish-Soviet relations in the years 1945-1952. Selected aspects. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 31(1), 262–276. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2024.31.1.19

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Karolina Wanda Olszowska

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Affiliation:

Institute of History, Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland

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Karolina Wanda Olszowska is an Associate Professor at Jagiellonian University. Turkologist, historian, doctor of humanities; Head of the “Preludium 16” grant of the National Science Center researching Turkish-American and Turkish-Soviet relations in 1945-1952. Author of book Stosunki turecko-amerykańskie i turecko-sowieckie w latach 1945-1952, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 2023.