The Pursuit of Collaboration Among The Balkan States Based On The Reports Of Turkish Embassy In Belgrade (1930-1940)

After winning World War I, the Allies desired to give a structure to Europe and Middle East that suited their own interests. They managed to leave the war as winners, although they lost Russia, one of their allies, through the end of the war. This war caused the end of the Ottoman Empire, Russia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it caused the emergence of new states in two empires other than Russia. The future of the states and mandate governments that emerged in Central Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East became the major problem of the temporary peace administration that was organized the way the war winners wanted. On the other hand, the Turkish components of the Ottoman Empire, one of the states with the greatest losses, founded a new state in Anatolia and Thrace. Turkey wanted to once again build relationships based on peace and safety with the states that were founded in the Ottoman Empire geography by the other Turkish components. Italy became a winner thanks to the expansionist policy followed by Germany, a loser, after 1930. However, they could not manage to obtain what they wanted. The expansiveness of Italy was a predictor that the peace period that was prepared by the winners would only last for a short time. The operations of these countries in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Mediterranean were a matter of concern for all countries. The countries in the eastern and central parts of Europe from Poland to Turkey were not content with their current situations, and they also had a major confidence crisis among themselves. They still knew that they had to cooperate since they were all worried about the policies followed by Italy, Germany and the USSR in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Although they made efforts to collaborate to overcome this confidence crisis, including the organization of Balkan conferences, the Little Entente and the Balkan Pact, these organizations could not eliminate the threats to peace in the region. Turkey monitored developments on a daily basis from embassies in Belgrade and other cities