Turkey's declaration of war on Japan at the end of Second World War

Abstract

The title of this paper may sound rather odd because the historical relations between Turkey and Japan have been relations of friendship and cooperation. In fact, these two nations have never fought a war against each other. However, there is one case where Turkey declared war against Japan towards the end of the Second World War. It should be mentioned, however, that this declaration was a purely diplomatic and symbolic gesture on Turkey's part having absolutely no military bearing. In actual fact, not a single shot was fired between the two nations before or after this declaration of war.