After the USSR collapsed, all of the former Soviet countries remained in a military alliance. This military alliance is called the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS.
Warsaw pact (I think)
Warsaw Pact
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created on 4 April 1949.
NATO
NATO
There were a few organizations that the US formed during the Cold War. Two of the organizations were the Warsaw Pact and NATO.
Turkey is a member of NATO, but NATO is not "Turkey's Organization". It was an organization founded by the United States, the United Kingdom, and several Western European States.
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization SEATO: Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
NATO was created to oppose Soviet expansion after World War 2. Economic organizations like the European Common Market also contributed to this effort.
It was origionated to slow and then stop the flow of communism without waging war. Kind of like the function of the United Nations. It's opposing organization is SEATO. (South East Asia Treaty Organization)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The NATO became a peacekeeping organization
NATO