Abstract
How useful Article 5 is in providing collective defense has become a matter of discussion in Turkey, particularly in recent years. This study has analyzedTurkey’s formal critical narrative about the article’s benefits. Article 5 is also known as the “One for all and all for one” principle and concluded that facts and beliefs aredifferent from each other. The study argues that NATO membership secured the Turkish state, and Turkey’s position is no different from other members in terms of collectivedefense. It also found out that the reliance on Article 5 has diminished among member states due to waning loyalty to the organization. Furthermore, some NATOmembers’ passive postures estranged Turkey from the alliance.
Highlights
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has been alive, useful, operational, and beneficial for more than seventy years
When the Cold War ended in favor of the Western bloc, Turkey feared it would lose its significance for NATO
It was happy with the wane of the Soviet threat, but NATO’s existence was necessary as it was a guarantee and a sign for Turkey’s Western identity and security
Summary
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has been alive, useful, operational, and beneficial for more than seventy years. When the Cold War was over in 1990, it was expected that the organization would no longer survive as its raison d’etre disappeared This did not happen, and NATO was enlarged and became a 29-member military alliance as of 2020. Turkey’s NATO membership was both deterring and luring the Soviet threat It was deterring because powerful Western countries led by the United States were behind it. It was luring the threat due to it being a neighbor of the Soviet Union. Article 5 was invoked only once in the organization’s history and the enemy was not a superpower like the Soviet Union but a Analyzing Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty as an Assurance of Turkey’s Security terrorist group.
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