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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the ball given in honor of
Afghan King Amanullah Han. |
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| the Hatay problem and left behind a country which had taken giant steps towards the western model, which had modernized its institutions and heartily adopted the reforms he had made, when he passed away on November 10, 1938. |
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 The İnönü Period and the Years of Depression of War: İsmet İnönü, elected as the second president following Atatürk’s demise, managed to keep Turkey out of the Second World War that began in 1939. When the Soviet-German Agreement was signed on August 23, 1939, İsmet İnönü, foreseeing that this cooperation could inflict undesired effects on Turkey, signed agreements with France and Britain to ensure economic aid for Turkey (October 13, 1939). Then he signed an agreement with the Soviet Union making sure that this country would not attack Turkey (March 25, 1941). This policy of balances by İsmet İnönü, who had also signed a non-aggression pact with Germany only a few days before the latter attacked the Soviet Union, continued throughout the war.
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Turkey was invited to San Francisco |
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Republic of Turkey Foreign Affairs Minister and
Deputy of Trabzon
Hasan Saka signing Treaty of the United Nations. |
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Conference at June 26, 1945 and signed the United Nations communiqué and became a founding member of the United Nations. |
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Transition to the Multi-party Period: Fuat Köprülü, Refik Koraltan, Celal Bayar and Adnan Menderes had tabled their famous motion, which went down in history as the |
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Cabinet Meeting under the chairmanship of
Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. |
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