Meeting Adana Conference

billboard in yenice station

the teams headed İsmet İnönü , winston churchill. other members of turkish side prime minister Şükrü saracoğlu, foreign minister numan menemencioğlu, field marshal fevzi Çakmak, , group of advisers. british team consisted of harold alexander, henry maitland wilson, sir alan brooke, sir wilfred lindsell, alexander cadogan (foreign ministry), air marshal drummond , commodore dundas.

during meeting, british tried persuade turkish side join allies, İnönü showed extreme reluctance join war. churchill made lavish promises of military (code-named operation hardihood ). list of military equipment drawn (the adana lists ), – in words of churchill – provide turkey war material full capacity of turkish railways . in turn, churchill requested access turkish air bases raf, british bomb oil fields of ploieşti in romania, principal source of oil germany , italian positions in dodecanese. put pressure on turks give neutrality, churchill made clear – should turkey refuse join allies – not try check soviets if made move control dardanelles.