On the road to détente: Turkish foreign policy after the Johnson letter
Journal: Bilkent University Institutional Repository (Bilkent University)
Year: 2021

This thesis analyzes the how the Turkish-American relations altered after the Johnson letter.Referring to US-Turkey association as a "troubled alliance", this research studies how a once middle-power and a superpower sought cooperation along common interests and how they managed to carry on with their partnership when disagreed.Turkey, as a country whose priority had been to guarantee military aid and development assistance while trying to survive at the onset of the Cold War, sought close ties