AN ANALYSIS OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS FROM 1945 TO 2004: INITIATIVES an‎d REACTIONS IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Almost all American media, scholars, and politicians talk about the growing anti- Americanism all over the world today.1 Interest on this matter grows up every day. In this paper we will try to examine that anti-American initiatives and reactions in Turkish foreign policy2 essentially exhibit spasmodic and conjuncture characteristics. After 1945, Turkish- American relations are both strengthening and aggravating from time to time; however, general tendency of relations depicts a very positive image. Recently, because of the Iraqi crisis, Turkish reactions against American policies have significantly climbed up.