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Soviet Union
Index
Soviet relations with Turkey were poor during the Stalin period
because of Soviet territorial claims against Turkey. These claims
helped induce Turkey to join NATO in 1952. Relations improved
during the 1950s and 1960s to the point where Khrushchev began
giving economic assistance to Turkey in the early 1960s. During the
1980s, this economic assistance represented the largest program of
Soviet aid to any noncommunist Third World state. Turkish relations
with the Soviet Union further improved after the United States
imposed an arms embargo on Turkey to protest the 1974 invasion and
occupation of northern Cyprus. During the 1980s, Turkey continued
a delicate balancing act between security cooperation within NATO
and good relations with the Soviet Union.
Data as of May 1989
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