Abstract:

The Turkish-American relations showed themselves as a commercial fate and missionary in the Ottoman era. The United States, which sent missionaries to the Middle East in the early 1800s, later opened consulat in some cities. The geopolitical position of Turkey and the threat of the Soviet Union have brought the United States and Turkey closer to each other. This approach was reinforced by military and economic aid to Turkey under the Truman Doctrine in 1947. After that, the fact that Turkey entered the war in Korea alongside the United States, was under the power of the United Nations, and was a member of the NATO has made the United States and Turkey closer to each other. Although the relations between Turkey and the United States went smoothly in the 1950s, the bilateral relations became questionable in the 1960s. The Cuban crisis is the first incident in which Turkey’s confidence in the United States has been damaged. In the 1963-1964 Cyprus crisis, Jhonson's letter caused a cold relationship that would last until the early 1980s. In this article, which was prepared by discussing some critical turning points in the period between 1945 and 1980, the relations between Turkey and the United States are assessed while the extent to which decisions that Turkey has taken in accordance with its national interests, the extent to which events that are in conflict with its national interests will be reacted and the answer to the medical questions will be sought.

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