title: BÜYÜK BİR KORUYUCU İÇİN ARAYIŞIN BAŞLANGICI: TÜRKİYE'NİN AMERİKAN İTTİFAKI İÇİN BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER'E (BM) ÜYELİĞİ
abstract: United Nations (UN) membership was a significant concern for Turkey at the end of the Second World War (WWII).As a non-belligerent in WWII, Turkey did not have a say in war-time plans and the post-war order.When the USSR became a potential threat after Kursk, April 1943, and Soviet victory a genuine likelihood, Ankara began to look for a security scheme that was first international and then regional.By 1945 the only international security scheme in prospect was the UN.Ultimately the privileged p
journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)