Legacy Of “Friendly Neutrality” Goals Of Soviet Policy
... not only to find out whether Turkey’s Army was a battle-worthy militarily, but also to make sure that they “did not intend to use their force against us” (!) 10 . Contemporary Turkish historian Onur İşçi describes that period: “Since 1920, USSR-Turkey relations have developed under the influence of resentment resulting from the post-war world order. The Turkish nationalists and Bolshevik internationalists, whose Imperial predecessors had been engaged in competition among themselves for four ...