The 1930s stand out as the years when Turkey largely solved the problems left over from Lausanne and followed an active foreign policy. In this process, when Germany and Italy, following an expansionist and aggressive policy, started to pose serious dagers, Turkey signed the Balkan Entente with Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania and created a security strip on its western border. However, it was not easy to keep the Balkan Entente afloat and make it sustainable in these years when excessive armament, militarization and highly active foreign policy developements were experienced. Accordingly, in the years following the signing of the entente, continuous negotiations and mutual visits continued betwen Turkey and the Balkan states. By 1937, the fact that Yugoslavia started to move away from the Balkan Entente and Bulgaria got closer to the revisionist states intensified mutual visits. Prime Minister Celal Bayar, under the influence of these developements, made his first trip abroad as a Balkan tour that included Athens, Belgrade and Sofia. In this study, which focuses on the visits to Belgrade and Sofia, which constitute the second leg of the tour, the developements and details in the background of the visits are examined. Thus, in an environment where there is a possibility of the Second World War to start at any moment, Turkey’s efforts to protect and sustain the Balkan Entente as well as these visits, which aim to remove Bulgaria from being a danger, are discussed. The signing of the Thessaloniki Treaty between the Balkan Entente states and Bulgaria following Celal Bayar’s tour led to the conclusion that this trip achieved its purpose.
Atatürk Period Belgrade Bulgaria Balkan Tour Prime Minister Celal Bayar Sofia Treaty of Thessaloniki Yugoslavia
Atatürk Dönemi Belgrad Balkan Antantı Balkan Turnesi Başbakan Celal Bayar Bulgaristan Selanik Antlaşması Yugoslavya
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 19 Eylül 2021 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 22 Temmuz 2021 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 |
Avrasyad''de yayınlanan makaleler, Creative Commons Atıf-Gayriticari 4.0 Uluslararası Lisansı (CC BY-NC 4.0) ile lisanslanmıştır. Bilimsel araştırmaları kamuya ücretsiz sunmanın bilginin küresel paylaşımını artıracağı ilkesini benimseyen dergi, tüm içeriğine anında açık erişim sağlamaktadır. Makalelerdeki fikir ve görüşlerin sorumluluğu sadece yazarlarına ait olup Avrasyad''nin görüşlerini yansıtmazlar. Kullanım Şartları ve Gizlilik Politikası