Why did Turkey join NATO after dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?

by SupercellFTW

Why did they not join the soviet union? Or why did they get into the cold war at all? What did they have to benefit from? To me, Turkey does not identify with many of the values of NATO, as it is secular and corrupt. Why turkey ever thought to join NATO is confusing.

Valkine

There was a good response on this a while ago. The answer was specifically on why Turkey sent troops to fight in the Korean War, but that answer is very closely tied to why they were in NATO in the first place. You can read /u/Imperial_Affectation's response here.