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10. mei 2011, 20:39:37

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Onderwerp: Re: Turkey's strategic location made it a target for western involvement.

Übergeek 바둑이: If I remember Turkey was to be a base for USA nuclear weapons, but as a concession to the USSR not pressing to base nukes in Cuba such deployment was scrapped. It is still an important country due to it's location.

As a member of NATO it has supported via troops and logistics NATO and UN missions.