Bilecik and around the Korean War participants

The KoreanWar was the first close combat between the USA and the USSR, which were the two superpowers after World War II. The war started when the North Korean soldiers attacked the South Korea on the 25th of June 1950. Then the UN felt the necessity to intervene in the war in response. As Turkish Republic was a member of the UN and had a intention to join NATO, she involved in the war by supplying soldiers to the Korean War. The shape of the Turkish Government to take this decision has led to many positive and negative responses. But this decision has received mostly positive responses from the public. The soldiers who went there, fought like their homeland and in the eyes of the Korean people are still ongoing also left positive impressions. After the War of Independence the Turkish Army was fighting and being on foreign soil for the first time. There have been many martyrs and veterans. This war, has affected of Turkish society, the army even the poetry and literature. Many districts of the Anatolia deployed soldiers to Korea. Bilecik was one of the districts deploying soldiers. 114 soldiers from Bilecik and nearby fought in Korea. This study is consisit of the soldiers went to Korea from Bilecik, Bozüyük, Söğüt, Osmaneli, Pazaryeri, Yenipazar, Gölpazarı and Ġnhisar. In this study, Bilecik people and press's sensitivity and reactions have been examined to the war. And also examined jobs, educational status, duties, statistical informations about soldiers from Bilecik. Keywords: Bilecik, Bozüyük, Söğüt, Osmaneli, Pazaryeri, Yenipazar, Gölpazarı, Ġnhisar, The Korean War.