American-Turkish Relations in the Aftermath of the WWII: The Beginning of American Hegemony Over Turkey
Journal: Lectio Socialis
Year: 2022

This article aimed to examine the post-WWII era’s international environment and the US’s changing attitude towards Turkey in light of Morgenthau’s political realist perspective. The US was not eager to have close relations with Turkey during the very early post-war period as it also embraced an isolationist foreign policy. Interestingly enough, the US had a close relationship with the USSR during and after WWII. More specifically, the close relationship between the USSR and the US continued unti