Abstract:

Turkey-Iran border has been given a structure that gives more importance to refugee transitions and trade cooperation with various agreements made before the Second World War. Some migration movements resulting from Turkey's positive attitude for asylum seekers from Iran, within a program and according to the international law, lasted until the Second World War. Although Iran declared its neutrality in the Second World War, some Iranian soldiers took refuge in Turkey as a result of occupation by the Soviet-British armies. Iranian soldiers appreciating Turkey’s friendly attitude in Iranian border stayed as a guest for a while in Turkey. This study examined various documents describing security measures and cooperation developed by Turkey over the Iranian border before and during the Second World War. In addition, it investigated Iranian soldiers who took refuge in Turkey as well as a letter of thanks in archival documents providing information about the Iranian border of Turkey.

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