I also wonder if a Turkey less worried about the Soviet Union might get more involved in the Arab world. For instance, maybe contribute volunteer forces to fight on the Arab side during the 1948-49 Arab-Israeli war
Hm. I wonder if that would lead to an earlier American involvement with Israel as "Soviet ally Turkey" gets involved in the fight...
Also, I read up a bit on the Greek civil war - from my cursory researches, it looks like the Communists were winning until the Soviet/Yugoslav split, which cut the Greek Communists off from their best supply routes when Tito closed the boarder.
I wonder how likely it would be for a Turkey with a better relationship with the Soviets to actively help the Greek Communists (perhaps in return for certain territorial "considerations", like Communist Greece swearing to make no claim on Cyprus)? That could keep the Greek Communists in the fight longer, or possibly even result in the Greek Communists winning before the Soviet/Yugoslav spit...
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