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  2. Turkey in NATO - Wikipedia

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    Turkey deployed 4500 soldiers to the United Nations Command in support of the South Koreans. [21] The Turkish soldiers left a good impression with their American allies, who awarded them with the Distinguished Unit Citation. [21] While Turkey was not a member of NATO at the time, the troops were pledged in view of a potential NATO membership. [11]

  3. So, why is Turkey in NATO, anyway? A look at the country's ...

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    Once fearing the Soviet Union, Turkey now is out of step with NATO policies in its friendliness with Moscow, buying Russia's weapons and refusing to join U.S.-led sanctions against the Russian ...

  4. Enlargement of NATO - Wikipedia

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    Following the end of the Franco regime, newly democratic Spain chose to join NATO in 1982. In 1990, the negotiators reached an agreement that a reunified Germany would be in NATO under West Germany's existing membership. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, many former Warsaw Pact and post-Soviet states sought to join NATO.

  5. Turkey–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    Turkey's admission to NATO, in February 1952, was preceded by extensive study and debate on extending eastern Mediterranean. [49] That created the new southern flank. Changes were needed in the wording of the treaty to expand its territorial reach. [49] The admission of Turkey gave NATO a much longer land frontier with the Warsaw Pact.

  6. So, why is Turkey in NATO, anyway? A look at the country's ...

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    Turkey is one of the oldest members of NATO and also one of its most problematic So, why is Turkey in NATO, anyway? A look at the country's complex history with the alliance

  7. Member states of NATO - Wikipedia

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    Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]

  8. Exclusive-Turkey's priority is fulfilling NATO ... - AOL

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    The deal was approved after Turkey's blessing of Sweden's NATO bid. Guler said the acquisition of the jets was continuing in line with the set calendar and talks on the details were underway.

  9. Military history of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    During the Cold War, Turkey participated in the Korean War as a member state of the United Nations, suffering 731 deaths in combat. The fear of a Soviet invasion and Stalin's unconcealed desire to control the Turkish Straits eventually led Turkey to give up its principle of neutrality in foreign relations and join NATO on February