The Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey (ODC-T, tr, ABD Savunma İşbirliği Ofisi) to

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is a United States Security Assistance Organization (SAO) to Turkey. It was established in 1947 as the Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JAMMAT), and renamed the Joint United States Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMMAT) in 1958. It became the ODC-T in 1994. After Turkey joined

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in 1952, JAMMAT became the largest of the

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s (USEUCOM).

History

After the

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declared on 21 February 1947 its inability to provide financial aid (though she would establish the

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a decade later), Turkey turned towards the United States, who drew up the

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, pledging to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures". $100 million was appropriated two months after the

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ratified the

on 12 March 1947. This figure was raised to $233 million by 1950, after Turkey contributed a brigade of about 5000 men to the

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forces in the

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. In August 1947, the ''Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey'' (JAMMAT) was established in

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under the authority of the US ambassador. On 5 October 1947, a delegation of senior

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officials traveled to the United States to establish the military framework of the co-operation agreement. After joining the

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(NATO) on 18 February 1952, Turkey signed a Military Facilities Agreement on 23 June 1954, paving the way for a large scale

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presence. With a staff of 1200 by 1959, JAMMAT was the largest of the

s (USEUCOM), and also the world's largest military assistance and advisory group by 1951. JAMMAT was renamed to ''Joint United States Military Mission for Aid to Turkey'' (JUSMMAT) in 1958, and the Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey (ODC-T) ( tr, ABD Savunma İşbirliği Ofisi) on 1 May 1994.Defunct ODC Turkey Web site
(2002)

References

External links

* Benson, A Brief History of U.S. Forces in Turkey, 1947-1978 * Simon Duke
U.S. Military Forces and Installations in Europe
Oxford University Press for

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, 1989 * Munson IV, Howard Adelbert (2012)
THE JOINT AMERICAN MILITARY MISSION TO AID TURKEY: IMPLEMENTING THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE AND TRANSFORMING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, 1947-1954
* ''Building For Peace: U.S. Army Engineers in Europe 1945-1991'' (2007)
Chapter 3
CEHO * Joseph C. Satterthwaite (1972),
The Truman Doctrine: Turkey
, ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'', Vol 401, May 1972 * Beginning of mission - https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1947v05/d138 {{Turkey–United States relations Commands of the United States Armed Forces United States Security Assistance Organizations Turkey–United States military relations