AN EVALUATION OF THE US DEFENSE CONCEPT OVER THE TURKISH STRAITS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR
Journal: Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi
Year: 2025

Throughout history, the Mediterranean and its surroundings, the core of many empires and home to several civilizations since antiquity, witnessed nations, states and empires struggle to dominate, thereby becoming an important factor in determining their foreign policies. While the region had an important role in the making and sustaining of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, the colonial Britishers saw it as a prerequisite for controlling their colonies in Asia. During the Cold War, it in