Abstract:
Türk Dışişleri Bakanlığı'na yıllardır hizmet etmiş olan Numan Menemencioğlu, dışişleri bakanlığı görevi sırasında Türkiye'yi, diplomaside deneyimi olan kadroyla savaştan uzak tutmuştu. O'nun dışişleri bakanlığı dönemi aynı zamanda Türkiye'nin savaş sırasında karşılaştığı en zorlu dönemi de kapsamaktaydı. Bu çalışmanın ana amacı, Menemencioğlu'nun dışişleri bakanlığı döneminin bilimsel bir şekilde incelenmesi ve onu çağının diğer dışişleri bakanlarından ayıran özellikleri ortaya koymaktır. Bunun yanı sıra savaş boyunca Türkiye'nin tarafsızlı politikasına ne derece bağlı kaldığı üzerinde durulmuştur. Millions of People suffered from The World War II as it was first, too. When Hitler's Germany assaulted to Poland on September 1st 1939, the this meaningless war had begun. During this bloody war, Turkey stayed as a neutral state, although there were many pressures. The subject which is forming the main point our this scholarly study is Numan Menemencioglu's The Period of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of Turkey. Between 1942-1944 years, his ministry was a quite tension stage. Menemencioglu carried out his service for The Turkish Foreign Department as self-sacrificing. In diplomacy, he had a versatile personality. The success in his career belonges to his studying determination which had been seen especially in 1942-1944. In this stuying, particularly, Numan Menemencioglu's contributions are mentioned for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Thanks to Inonu, Turkey had stayed away from the destruction of World War II. Throughout the war, Turkey has had several threates which were The Soviet and The Axis. Numan Menemencioglu was Minister of Turkish Foreign Affairs in this difficult period.
