ABSTRACT
Ankara's aggressive pressure-tactics should also be seen as a strong reminder to Washington of the conditional character upon which Turkey's co-operation was based. They reflected the Turks' resistance to the establishment of a patron-client relationship which would allow the US to impose its own terms and to show lack of respect to Turkey. The bigger the assistance sums Ankara was after, the greater its dependence on the US and consequently the greater its vulnerability to Washington's manipulation or even coercion. Consequently, Ankara kept the price of its strategic co-operation high, like the bazaar seller who does not lower his price when he senses that the buyer is not going to turn his back and leave. The US executive feared that as a result the Turks' trend of resistance to security co-operation might be reinforced, but it had no way of effectively dealing with congressional aid cuts.
