Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih

Yazarlar: Didem EKİNCİ

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Turkey,Serbia,Balkans,Balkan Wars,Post-Cold War era

Özet: Relations between Turkey and Yugoslavia, which were cordialuntil the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina1, were shaped by three factors:Yugoslavia’s location on Turkey’s trade routes to Europe, the long historyshared with the peoples of Yugoslavia, and the friendly relations thatexisted thus far. Diplomatic relations took a new turn for the worse withthe war, whereby economic relations also ended up being victim of thewar, as well as the ensuing Kosovo crisis. However, the pattern ofdiplomatic relations and behavior since then has been different fromwhat takes place, which made relations a complex reality: despite therhetoric employed by both sides, sometimes verging on the inimical, andwithdrawal of or denying agreement to ambassadors, relations survived.Prospects as regards an enhanced future rapprochement point to theimportance of building and maintaining mutual political willingness

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