with Nicholas Danforth
During the 1950s, the United States supported the Menderes administration in Turkey as part of its Cold War policy, a measure which was seen as part and parcel to promoting democracy in the Middle East. In this episode of the Ottoman History Podcast, Nick Danforth examines how diplomats and statesmen justified and developed this seemingly contradictory policy, their perceptions of Turkey and its political future, and how it relates to debates about the present.
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