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Item Restricted Befriending the west: a wise decision or a rushed move (1939-1950)?(Bilkent University, 2023) Ahmed, Ghulam; Hussain, Mohammad; Jamal, Muhammad Ahmar; Usman, Muhammad Shayan; Durrani, Omar Ahmad KhanThis paper will examine how Turkish relations with the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), Germany, and the West changed from the start of World War II up to the early Cold War years (1939-1950s). Following Ataturk’s death in 1938, Turkey tried to keep cordial relations with all the significant powers of the time. However, this proved to be quite difficult, and towards the beginning of the cold war, Turkey had to pick sides. This paper will examine the reasons behind Turkey's decision to align with the West and join World War II in February 1945. It aims to provide insight into the underlying factors that influenced this decision. Some important events that caused Turkey to join with the West include the Straits Issue, The Marshall Plan, and the Truman Doctrine. Moreover, this paper will also analyze the pros and cons of the decisions taken at the time, both on a short and long-term scale.Item Open Access Ufuk : how the US information agency molded Turkish elite opinion, 1960-1980(Bilkent University, 2014) Feyzullahoğlu, BurcuThis study argues that the United States Information Agency carried out an intense public diplomacy program in Turkey between 1960 and 1980 in order to ameliorate the U.S. image among the Turkish urban elite, especially among the members of the Republican People’s Party and thus to prevent Turkey from having closer relations with the USSR. For this purpose, the study contains a close reading of the USIA propaganda material targeting this small but influential group, namely Ufuk Magazine and uncovers the image that the USIA aimed to create in order “to win hearts and minds” of the RPP members, members of Turkish Foreign Ministry of the time, academics and journalists in a period of Cold War where the peripheries rather than Europe became the target of the U.S. public diplomacy efforts.