The policy of Eisenhower administration towards Turkey , 1953-1961
Author(s)
Advisor
Kohn, Edward P.Date
2004Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This thesis analyzes the objectives, implementation and outcomes as well as
making of the policy of Eisenhower Administration toward Turkey between 1953
and 1961. Specific emphasis was placed on newly declassified U.S. primary sources.
During the research phase. The policy of Eisenhower Administration toward Turkey
was shaped within the confines of Eisenhower’s overall concept of ensuring a
balanced budget while putting emphasis on the use of nuclear weapons, a concept
which aimed at winning the Cold War in the long run without exhausting the
American economy. This concept coupled with the sensitivity of the Republicans
about balanced budget and their economic understanding, led to disagreements with
Turkey, which was implementing a very ambitious development programs both in
the military and economic fields and which was looking to the United States for the
primary source of funding. In the eight-year-period of the Eisenhower
Administration, an almost perfect cooperation was sustained between the two
countries in the military and political fields, while the endless requests for aid by
Turkey and the perceived failure of Turkey to stabilize its economy created tensions
in the relationship.
Keywords
U.S- Turkey relationseconomic aid
military aid
Cold War
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu
John Foster Dulles
Adnan Menderes
Dwight David Eisenhower