page_title: Turkey–United States relations
section_title: Joint operations
hierarchical_section_title: Turkey–United States relations / Military relations / Joint operations
caption_attribution_description: MAIDEN SHAHR, Afghanistan--Military and Civilian members of the Turkish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) stand for a group photo in the courtyard of the PRT compound on Dec. 9, 2008. The Turkish PRT is the only one of 26 throughout Afghanistan that is run solely by civilians, while the Turkish Army lends support to maintain force protection of the PRT compound. ISAF photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez (RELEASED)
context_page_description: Turkey–United States relations are bilateral relations between Turkey and the United States. Relations after World War II evolved from the Second Cairo Conference in December 1943 and Turkey's entrance into World War II on the side of the Allies in February 1945. Later that year, Turkey became a charter member of the United Nations. Difficulties faced by Greece after the war in quelling a communist rebellion, along with demands by the Soviet Union for military bases in the Turkish Straits, prompted the United States to declare the Truman Doctrine in 1947. The doctrine declared American intentions to guarantee the security of Turkey and Greece, and resulted in significant U.S. military and economic support. This support manifested in the establishment of a clandestine stay-behind army, denoted the "Counter-Guerrilla", under Operation Gladio. After participating with United Nations forces in the Korean War, Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952.
context_section_description: Turkey participated with the United States in the Korean War in 1950–53 and in missions in Somalia, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992–2004.
  Turkey has commanded the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan twice since its inception. 2,000 Mehmetçik concentrated on training Afghan military and security forces and provided security at ISAF’s Regional Command-Capital stationed in Kabul. An undisclosed number of Mehmetçik were deployed to the Wardak and Jawzjan provinces to give ground support to USA Air Force Operations.
  In the Iraq War, Turkey established the NATO Training Mission since 2005 and sponsored specialized training for hundreds of Iraqi security personnel in a secret facility in Turkey.
caption: The Turkish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan is part of the U.S. led-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
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