The diplomatic maneuvers of Turkey in World War II

1939-1945 yılları, dünyanın kaçınılmaz şekilde Müttefik ve Mihver olarak ayrışmaya uğradığı çok yıkıcı bir deneyim olan İkinci Dünya Savaşına işaret eder. Yükselişe geçen Alman ve İtalyan Faşizmine karşı, Büyük Britanya ve ABD batılı demokrasileri Komünist Sovyetler ile ittifak kurmuşlardır. Ancak, Türkiye, Birinci Dünya Savaşının travmasını yaşamış, çökmüş bir Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun yükünü sırtlamış ve uluslararası güçlerin toprağını işgal etmelerine karşı bir kurtuluş savaşı vermiştir. Aynı zamanda, prensipleri Batı demokrasileriyle aynı çizgide olan Cumhuriyetçi bir ulus devlet kurmuştur. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, İkinci Dünya Savaşı tehdidi ile karşı karşıya kaldığında, yorgun, askeri ve ekonomik kaynakları yetersiz ve kesinlikle ulusal toprak bütünlüğü tehdit edilmedikçe bir sıcak savaşa girmeme kararlılığındadır. Türk siyasetinin temelinde, ulusal toprak bütünlüğünü koruyarak yaşamını sürdürme kararlılığı vardır.

The years between 1939 and 1945 corresponded with the Second World War, an extremely destructive period in which the countries of the world were subject to disintegration into the Allied and Axis Powers. Against the rise of German and Italian Fascism, the western democracies of Great Britain and the USA formed an alliance with the communist Soviet Union. Turkey had experienced the trauma of the First World War, had taken on the burden of the Ottoman Empire, which had already collapsed, and had fought the War of Independence after invasion by international forces. The Republic of Turkey was founded on principles in line with those of western democracies but was tired, lacked adequate military and economic resources, and had resolved not to take part in war unless its territorial integrity came under threat, a threat that was realized in the Second World War. Turkish politics were based on the decision to survive by maintaining the nations territorial integrity.

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