Turkey (HM6)

Turkey under president , successor of the legendary Kemal Atatürk, still tries to keep out of , so they try to play off , the , and the against each other. The country is a source for chrome, which Germany needs very much.
Since the attack of on on April 7th in 1939, Ankara tried to approach London and Paris, which resulted in ceding the Republic of Hatay, so far a part of , to Turkey. On October 8th in 1939, alliances with and France were signed. The country made a non-aggression pact with , , and , which is directed against the .
On a map, the state looks impressive, but in practice the country is underpopulated (about 18 Millions) and has an infrastructure that is lacking (many railroads are single-track). Their Military is at best comparable to that of , with about 200,000 men in the Army, 8,000 in the airforce (for below 400 planes), and below 5,000 in the navy, which even still uses the former battlecruiser Goeben from World War I. A Turkish Ministry of Defence letter to the Turkish General Staff dating March 22nd of 1940 stated that the Turkish Army was to be increased to 1.3 million effectives.
So far, everything went well....
Category:Turkey
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