Abstract

Korean war (1950-53) began between North and South Korea against each other. Especially by engaging of the USA, the UN, China and Communist Block in, the war spread out international area. The war affected many area by accelerating its influence. Morover the most important side of the war is being the first war between two superpowers of the cold war after World war II. Many states took part in the war in terms of military, logistic and medical. Considering Turkey’s membership of the NATO and national security against the USSR, turkish gorvernmet (prime minister Adnan Menderes’s cabinet) agreed to send soldiers to the war. On 5 September,1950, Turkey sent a brigade that consisted of 5090 soldiers to the Korean war and this brigade achieved some important successes. The aim of this article is the Korean war and to identify people who engage in the war from Iğdır and to determine the number of soldiers and their duty. One another aim is to create and integrate historical memory of city of Iğdır. For this purpose, it has been interviewed with two Korean War veterans

Keywods: Korean war,sending soldiers, Korean war veterans, bravery medal.