Post #14713 by elann on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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Looking at a map, can anybody explain how Turkey is North Atlantic?

Per my comment, so I wouldn't agree at all that it's a problem. NATO is just an acronym (I forget what language) for "Don't want Russia to invade here". I can see the Turks getting behind that notion.

Turkey joined NATO in 1952, along with Greece. The Soviets were threatening at the time to seize the Dardanelle Straits which are their only access to the Mediterranean. Remember, Bulgaria which was a Soviet puppet at the time is only 100 miles from those straits, so the threat was very tangible. Also notable, Greece joined NATO a couple of years after the end of its civil war in which the Greek communists were defeated. So much forgotten history...

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