Tiffany Oglesby

For the students to get a historical understanding of the country Turkey

Turkey is geographical located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia.

Considered a secular parliamentary republic government.

Islamic religionTurkish Language

Fought as allies to the US during WWII and beginning of the Cold War.

In 1947 the US designated Turkey, under the provision of the Truman Doctrine, which allocated economic and military support against threats from the Soviet Union.

Contributed personnel to the United Nation forces in the Korean war (1950-53).

Join NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in 1952.

Establish the Incirlik Air Base

Constructed in 1951Located bout 7.5 miles east of Adanaserves as a regional storage center

for war reserve materials — supplies and equipment used in combat operations

Host 90 B61 nuclear Bombs.Played a critical role during the Cold

war, Gulf war and Iraq war

War on terror-• Supported the war on terror post 9/11. • Didn’t supported the War on Iraq.• Turkish Parliament didn’t reach a majority vote

to allow the US to attach from turkey. • The “Hood Event”. Supports turkey bid to join the European Union In 2008, Both cooperated on peaceful use of

nuclear energy. Doing so established a agreement *

Obama visited on 4/6/10 urging turkey to come to term with its past and resolve its Armenian issues.

Ottoman EmpireArmenian GenocideKurdistan GenocideGaza Flotilla

defined: as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group:

(a) killing members of the group;(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;(d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;(e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

What do you think about turkey having Nuk weapons?

Would it make them more vulnerable if they withdrawal them?

Is it in the US interest to have a air base in Turkey?

How do having support in Turkey help the war in Iraq?