Editing Politics of Turkey (section)

== Foreign relations ==
{{Main|Foreign relations of Turkey}}

Throughout the [[Cold War]], [[Turkey]]'s most important ally has been the [[United States]], which shared [[Turkey]]'s interest in containing [[Truman Doctrine|Soviet expansion]].<ref>Migdalovitz, Carol. "Turkey: Ally in a Troubled Region." Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 93-835F. Washington: September 14, 1993.</ref><ref>Karasapan, Omer. "Turkey and US Strategy in the Age of Glasnost," ''Middle East Report'', No. 160, September–October 1989, pp. 4–10, 22.</ref> In support of the [[United States]], [[Turkey]] contributed personnel to the [[Turkish Brigade|UN force]]s in the [[Korean War]] (1950–1953), joined [[NATO]] in 1952, recognized [[Israel]] in 1948 and has cooperated closely with it.<ref>Aybet, Gülnur. ''Turkey's Foreign Policy and Its Implications for the West: A Turkish Perspective''. London: Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, 1994.</ref>

=== Turkey's relations with Israel ===
[[Turkey]]'s alliance with [[Israel]] during the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] strained its relations with the [[Arab world]]<ref>Fuller, Graham E., Ian O. Lesser, Paul B. Henze, and J.F. Brown. ''Turkey's New Geopolitics: From the Balkans to Western China''. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993.</ref> and [[Iran]],<ref name="Robins, Philip 1991">Robins, Philip. ''Turkey and the Middle East''. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs and New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1991.</ref> and subsequently led to overt [[Syria]]n support for [[Palestine Liberation Organization|Palestinian]] and [[Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia|Armenian terrorist operations]] against Turkish diplomats abroad until 1990.<ref>United States. Department of Defense. Terrorist Group Profiles. Washington: GPO, 1988.</ref><ref>United States. Department of State. Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1992. Washington: 1993.</ref><ref>United States. Department of State. Patterns of Global Terrorism 1993. Washington: 1994.</ref>