The Turkish-Ukrainian rapprochement in the military defence field in the scope of the Black Sea region

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2022-2
Gökmen, Kseniia
This thesis analyzes the Turkish – Ukrainian relations in the military defence field in the scope of the Black Sea region. The developments of the relations between Turkey and Ukraine, the states’ policy in the Black Sea as well as the military industrial complexes and the main agreements between Turkey and Ukraine in this field will be discussed in order to answer a question what are the reasons and nature of the Turkish – Ukrainian cooperation in the military defence sphere.

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K. Gökmen, “The Turkish-Ukrainian rapprochement in the military defence field in the scope of the Black Sea region,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.