- Turkey's membership of international organizations
Turkey is a founding member of theUnited Nations ,cite web |url=http://www.un.org/Overview/growth.htm |title=Growth in United Nations membership (1945-2005) |author=United Nations |authorlink=United Nations |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=2006-07-03] theOrganization of the Islamic Conference , [cite web |url=http://www.oic-oci.org/english/main/member-States.htm |title=OIC Membership |author=Organisation of the Islamic Conference |authorlink=Organisation of the Islamic Conference |publisher=OIC |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=2006] theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/document/48/0,2340,en_2649_201185_1876912_1_1_1_1,00.html |title=OECD membership |author=OECD |authorlink=OECD |publisher=OECD |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=2006] and theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe , [cite web |url=http://www.osce.org/about/13131.html#T |title=OSCE Participating states |author=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |authorlink=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |publisher=OSCE |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=2005] a member state of theCouncil of Europe since 1949, [cite web |url=http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/About_Coe/Member_states/e_tu.asp#TopOfPage |title=Turkey and the Council of Europe |author=Council of Europe |authorlink=Council of Europe |publisher=Council of Europe |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=2006-10-27] and ofNATO since 1952.cite web |url=http://www.nato.int/multi/photos/1952/m520218a.htm |title=Greece and Turkey accede to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |author=NATO |authorlink=NATO |publisher=NATO |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=] Since 2005, Turkey is in accession negotiations with theEuropean Union , having been an associate member since 1963.cite web |url=http://www.abgs.gov.tr/en/tur-eu_relations_dosyalar/chronology.htm |title=Chronology of Turkey-EU relations |author=Turkish Secretariat of European Union Affairs |authorlink= |publisher=Turkish Secretariat of European Union Affairs |accessdate=2006-10-30 |date=] Turkey is also a member of theG20 industrial nations which brings together the 20 largest economies of the world.Turkey entered NATO in
1952 and serves as the organization's vital eastern anchor, controlling the straits leading from theBlack Sea to the Mediterranean and sharing a border withSyria ,Iraq , andIran . A NATO headquarters is located inİzmir , and theUnited States has maintained air forces at a Turkish base called Incirlik that is located near theMediterranean city ofAdana .Turkey is also member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO). It has signed free trade agreements with theEuropean Free Trade Association (EFTA), Israel, and many other countries. In1992 , Turkey and 10 other regional nations formed theBlack Sea Economic Cooperation Business Council to expand regional trade and economic cooperation.ee also
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Foreign relations of Turkey
*Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
*List of Turkish diplomats
*Turkish diplomatic missions
*Politics of Turkey
*Republic of Turkey
*Ottoman Empire References
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