"U.S., Turkey resume diplomatic ties, Feb. 16, 1927
By ANDREW GLASS | 2/16/11 4:37 AM EST
On this day in 1927, the United States and Turkey resumed diplomatic relations. They had been severed by the Ottoman Empire, a German ally, in April 1917, after the United States declared war on Germany."
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