Turkey's membership of international organizations

Turkey is a founding member of the United 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] the Organization 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] the Organisation 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 the Organization 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 the Council 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 of NATO 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 the European 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 the G20 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 the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and sharing a border with Syria, Iraq, and Iran. A NATO headquarters is located in İzmir, and the United States has maintained air forces at a Turkish base called Incirlik that is located near the Mediterranean city of Adana.

Turkey is also member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It has signed free trade agreements with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Israel, and many other countries. In 1992, Turkey and 10 other regional nations formed the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Business Council to expand regional trade and economic cooperation.

ee also

*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

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