The article focuses on the British attitude towards Turkey's policies in the Middle East in the period between, 1945-47. At the start of the Cold War Turkey faced an obvious threat from the Soviet Union directed against her independence and territorial integrity. She at first asked for British and later American help to thwart this danger. Turkey, simultaneously, tried to establish a security zone around her borders with the Arab states closest to Britain. In this context, therefore, the article deals with Turkey's efforts to improve her relations with the regional states. It then goes on to examine how Great Britain and the Soviet Union reacted to the Turkish political and strategic attempts in the Middle East. The paper argues that Turkey adopted a narrow bilateral line with the Arab states rather than a broad regional approach. The main reasons for this approach were: first, Turkey, under the rule of President İnönü, was reluctant to go too far in engaging in Middle Eastern affairs; second, London took a hesitant attitude towards Ankara's policies in the region; and last, Moscow strongly reacted to Turkey's political steps with the Arab states.