Iraq: Turkey, the Deployment of U.S. Forces, and Related Issues

Migdalovitz, Carol

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense policy;    Iraq War;    Foreign relations - Turkey - Iraq;    Foreign relations - Turkey - U.S.;    Foreign relations - U.S. - Turkey;   

RP-ID  :  RL31794
RP-ID  :  RL31794_2003May02

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

On March 1, 2003, the Turkish parliament, in a close vote, failed to pass aresolution authorizing the United States to deploy troops to Turkish territory to opena northern front in a war against Iraq. The vote surprised the U.S. government andits Turkish counterpart. Both governments may have greatly overestimated theirunderstanding of the Turkish political situation that contributed to the defeat of theresolution. This report focuses on that political scene, Turkish concerns about an Iraqconflict, the tentative, but unfulfilled, bargain struck between the U.S. and Turkishgovernments to authorize the U.S. deployment - to the extent that it is known, thefinal arrangements for U.S. access to Turkish airspace, and attendant issues. Thisreport also reviews the implications of parliament’s actions for the bilateral U.S.-Turkish relationship, regional relations, Turkey’s domestic politics, its economy, andbroader issues.