Alianţa Nord-Atlantică în faţa primei extinderi. Studiu de caz: admiterea Turciei (1952)
The First Expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance. Case Study: the Admission of Turkey (1952)

Summary/Abstract: Very early in the Cold War, NATO was confronted with the necessity of a first enlargement, in 1952, with Turkey and Greece admission. Our paper is focused on the Turkey’s case, interesting, first of all, because of geographic and geostrategic position of this country. Turkey admission was a result of an prolonged process, which started with a firm denial (some NATO countries doubted that Turkey shared, with the new Alliance, same values and goals, and its approach to the Middle East problems was seen as an additional obstacle in the possibility of admission, even when that solution was quite obvious), continued with Turkey’s projects and ideas to bring NATO closer and, in the context of Korean War, ended with Ottawa decision to admit this country (and Greece, too) into North Atlantic Organisation. For Turkey, this achievement wasn’t important only for diplomatic and military purposes. It was perceived also as a recognition of a nation with the same values and goals as those of Western Europe and USA.

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