Abstract:

After the Lozan Treaty, Turkey has followed an anti-revisionist policy as a strong defender of collective peace and security. Turkey, which continued this policy in the years of World War II, has tried to establish a policy of balance by standing equal distance with each country in line with its own interests. of Turkey, II. Because of its geopolitical position in the World War, it was under intense pressure by its allies (England, France, the United States, the Soviet Union) and the Mykvar states (Germany, Italy, Japan) to enter the war with them. But Turkey has insistently sought to stay out of war and has gone on the way to determine its own policies according to the course of war. In March 1941, the Soviet Russia issued a declaration that, if Turkey was forced to enter the war, the 1925 signed and still existing Non-Invasion Pact would be followed, and that the Soviet Union could rely on neutrality. In June 1941, the German-Turkish Non-Invasion Pact was signed with Germany and the German threat was prevented. The U.S. entry into the war, the defeat of the Germans against the Soviets, and the sovereign superiority provided in North Africa will greatly affect the course of the war and therefore Turkey’s non-war position. First of all, the allies, including Britain, have begun to stop more and increase pressure on Turkey’s need to enter the war. Since 1943, when the course of war began to develop in favour of the allies, Turkey, although it did not actually break down its neutrality, officially joined the war in 1945.

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