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I'm not sure how to answer this . Istanbul is on the Bosphorus Strait which is a very strategic international waterway connecting the Black Sea ultimately to the Mediterranean sea. It also sits on the geographic border of Europe and Asia.
Turkey itself became a focal point in the Cold War arms race and was a front line nation in the containment policy.Truman invested heavily in preventing Greece and Turkey from Communism . Turkey became an active member of NATO. The arms race came to a head in 1962's Cuban Missile Crisis . As part of the compromise to ease tensions JFK agreed that Turkey would not base a US nuclear deterrent in the country . |
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