التدخل التركي في قبرص عام 1964 والموقف الأميركي منه

Abstract EN

The policy of Cypriot President Makarios in late 1963 caused the restoration of Turkish fears of Greek control over the island of Cyprus, which is something that cannot be accepted by the Turks, because control of this island by any foreign country means that that country controls the shipping routes in the Aegean Sea.

Especially since it is not more than (73) miles from the Turkish coasts, so the Turkish government believed that its interference in the affairs of the island and its provision of assistance and protection to the Turkish Cypriots is a legitimate act, and that it will have the support of NATO countries and the United States of America in this issue, as it is one of the member states of the alliance.

In addition to its geographical location neighboring Soviet Unionand thus it will get the necessary support in this case, but the United States let it down, and President Lyndon Johnson sent a special delegation for this purpose, and after that he sent a firm-worded and frank message in which he demanded the Turkish government not to intervene militarily, and that it would not intervenein the event of a war clash with the Soviet Union, the American position on this issue caused a shock to the Turkish politicians, Those who realized that the United States of America only cared about achieving its interests, even at the expense of its allies' interests, so Turkish foreign policy changed and reduced its drive towards the West