Unraveling diplomacy: Turkish and American diplomats on the Cyprus crises of 1954-1967
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Advisor
Miller, OwenDate
2020-11Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
Cyprus has been a problem for Turkey since 1954 and the entangled conflict attracted the
attention of the United States as well. While the situation of the island required mediation
and diplomacy, it not only concerned the two communities of Cyprus but also the two
allies; the United States and Turkey to confront with the major crises often. One of them
was the 1964 Letter Crisis and the other one was the Conflict of 1967 which brought
Turkey and Greece to the threshold of war. It was mediated by American diplomacy and
described as a success by George Ball. Deadlocks and crises hurt the relations between
the two states and the diplomacy that the United States called successful, in actuality
meant disappointments and therefore were unable to address all their priorities for
Turkey. This thesis argues that a catastrophic success was the result of bilateral relations
and for this purpose, the thesis; surveys the effects of Turkish and American diplomats by
combining their memoirs and archives.