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    1. This was a diplomatic masterpiece that should be studied in international relations courses. Also one of the catalysts of the demographic balance decisively changing in Turkey’s favor in it’s area. For ex: Romania had a bigger population than Turkey before WW2.

    2. Wrong, Turkey did not stay neutral throughout the war. They have also declared war against Germany and Japan in 23rd of February, 1945. It is nearly end of the war and did not have any conflicts, but they did infact join the war.

    3. MelioraSequentur on

      Turkey is and has always been, for Turkey at the expense of everyone else. The phrase „Turkish ally“ is perhaps the biggest oxymoron of all time!

    4. As of that date, the republic may still be young, but Anatolia’s and Istanbul’s imperial memory exceeds that of all the surrounding WWII parties combined.

    5. GustavoistSoldier on

      One of the reasons turkey stayed neutral is that it lost its empire after joining WWI.

    6. paeganmushroom on

      He (Ismet Inonu, PM of Turkey at that time) literally starved Turkish people to death due to his incompetence. Schweiz was also a neutral state and they got ultra super rich since they knew how to capitalize the war by selling arms to everyone. Meanwhile, Turkish people were having bread rationing due to extreme poverty.

    7. DefiantAsk4473 on

      I don’t understand why Turkey is always criticized, even when it makes the right decision, like remaining neutral during World War II.

      Turkey had no real interest in entering the war. Not because it lacked the capacity to be a meaningful ally, and not because it was only thinking about itself, but because its population had already suffered immensely: World War I followed by the War of Independence. Barely twenty years later, it was being pushed toward yet another major conflict, with the very real risk of losing everything again.

      At some point, we have to be honest. Turkey’s neutrality was not the result of clever tricks or political scheming, but simply an instinct for survival. Given its recent history, that decision was both logical and legitimate.

    8. Future_Adagio2052 on

      Turkey: If I stay perfectly still then no one will notice me, brilliant!

    9. onlyPornstuffs on

      I don’t think I’ve ever seen a post with more USSR-loving bots in the history of history.

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