Why was Turkey neutral during WWII?

score:10

Technicaly, Turkey participated: it entered the war on the Allies side on February 23, 1945, after a substantial allied pressure.

Why it did not participate earlier, I think it is easy to answer. You "profit" from a world war only if you take the right side. In WWI Turkey (reluctantly) chose the wrong side, and the result was the collapse of the empire. Telling early which side is going to win was difficult, in both world wars.

As I understand, after the collapse, the point of view prevailed that Turkey has to be a national state rather than empire (the Russians do not understand it even now). Therefore, it did not really want to try to restore the empire, preferring to stay neutral.

It seems that empires are out of date since the second half of 20s century.

EDIT:...at least in Europe and in the Middle East.

Alex 38404

📝 Spanish-American war from Spain's perspective?
📝 What was a "census" (some sort of compensation) in early medieval Europe?
📝 Identification of ship and seaplane type
📝 Which attempts to create or revise states resulted in action?
📝 What new technology/tactics allowed the breakthrough of the trenches in WW I western front?
📝 What were General Johnston's options during the Atlanta campaign?
📝 What is the labelling system for artefacts?
📝 Why were there "Tributary States" to the Ottoman Empire?
📝 Did Russia and Lenin benefit from the Treaty of Versailles?
📝 Were US exports in the early 1800s paid for with metal or with paper?
📝 Did Sun Tzu's "Art of War" influence Napoleon's philosophy of war and strategy?
📝 Roman armies seem to dislike fighting at night, Livy called it dishonourable. Skulking about. (Ennius, Scaenica, 254-7) Why?
📝 What is this strange symbol painted on bas*m*nt floor?
📝 How much were telegraphists in the 1950s paid?
📝 Did officers use cases / bags / pouches in the 18th century?
📝 What did the Romans call black people (sub-Saharan)?
📝 Did the Governor of Virginia in 1786 have the authority to veto laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly?
📝 When did leaf springs appear in vehicles?
📝 Was it illegal to blaspheme God in Antioch in 360.-410.?
📝 Use of lead sheets in reconstruction of late medieval tower?
📝 "Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin."
📝 Which European monarch of the middle ages died furthest from home?
📝 How do we reconcile hierarchical and violent aspects of Ancient Egypt with its nonviolent principle of Maat, as exemplified in negative confessions?
📝 When did last names start being used, and who introduced the concept?
📝 Did Napoleon Hill really have a friendship with Andrew Carnegie?
📝 Why did Russia set up so many cities in Siberia and Far East?
📝 Who would have been worshipped as the god of engineering in Ancient Rome?
📝 How high the death rate on the Berlin Wall compared to other borders?
📝 What did parchment and papyrus cost in the Roman Empire?
📝 When was slavery abolished in Russia?

Source: stackoverflow.com

Travel Tips

Search Posts

📝 Why was Turkey neutral during WWII?
📝 Why was there a surge in the US incarceration rate during the 1990s?
📝 Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars?
📝 Why didn't Germany attack Turkey during WW2?
📝 Why was there lack of food during WW2 in the UK?
📝 Why did Churchill become the PM of Britain during WWII instead of Lord Halifax?
📝 Why was Washington State an attractive site for aluminum production during World War II?
📝 During World War I, why were church bells stopped until the war was over?
📝 Why was the date moved by 10 days instead of 9 during Gregorian calendar reform?
📝 Why was a small vessel tied to the deck of the USS Oriskany during scuttling?
📝 How was Switzerland able to stay neutral during WWI and WWII?
📝 Why was Japan not worried about Soviet invasion during WWII?
📝 Why was Woody Woodpecker a "natural" hit during WW2?
📝 What was American anti-tank doctrine during WWII on paper, and how did it differ from in practice?
📝 Why was Poland able to resist the Swedish invasion during the Deluge, but not during the time of Charles XII?
📝 Why was the German system of interlocking plates not used after WWII for armored vehicle construction?
📝 If adultery was a felony during Hamilton era, why isn't he prosecuted?
📝 Why was there an increase in literature regarding fire safety in America during the 1970s?
📝 Why was Hanford, Washington, selected during World War II as the site of America’s first nuclear energy plant?
📝 Why was there such tension between the Ottoman Empire and Russia during the Armenian genocide?
📝 Why was fellatio considered so horrible during the XIX century in Europe?
📝 Where was Mao Zedong during the Japanese surrender in Zhijiang (芷江) at the end of WWII in 1945?
📝 Why was air support not provided during the Battle of Mogadishu, 1993 (Black Hawk Down)?
📝 Why was Turkey allowed to keep Constantinople after WW1?
📝 Why did Hitler attack the Soviet Union when he was still busy fighting the United Kingdom?
📝 Why was France granted an equal status among victors of World War II?
📝 Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century?
📝 Why was Poland spared from the Black Death?
📝 Why China was able to unify and not Europe?
📝 Why didn't Imperial Japan attack the Soviet Union during World War 2?

Why was Turkey neutral during WWII?

More post

Search Posts

Related post