NATIONAL STRUGGLE PERIOD TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS

A new era in Turkish-Soviet relations began after The First World War. Turkey and Russia entered into a friendly relationship because of the struggle against to the imperialist states with their common enemy, but mutual interests were hidden behind this apparent friendship. In this case for Turkey, cooperation in foreign policy, in the domestic policy is based on blocking any kind of ideological initiative of the Soviet Union. The policy that England and France carried out in that time obliged both states to maintain their relations. However, a securete environment never could be created between Turkey and Russia. Russia's efforts to spread the Bolshevik regime to Anatolia and its support for Armenians have disturbed the Ankara government. The sequel of The Moscow Treaty which was signed between Turkey and Soviet Russia in 16 March 1921, Turkey provided the security of the eastern boundary strenghtened the situation of the army by gaining the opportunity to direct all efforts to the west front, and she achieved to defeat The Greece. Soviet Russia, which failed to participate in all of the talks in Lausanne, supported to Turkey against to Entente States, despite the separation of ideas with Turkey, while discussing The Straits subject. Turkey was obliged to accept U.K.’s bids about The Straits