Albania under Enver Hoxha: 1945-1985

Enver Hoxha; the leader of Albania within Cold War Era; came into question in different aspects not only in Balkans but also all over the World. However, he was such a dictator that he kept his position from his first getting in power till his death. Although it was thought that he had an interesting life at science area, It was unable to investigate this leader?s mystery life during his 40 year dictatorship and his Albanian Worker Party?s activities at a desired level. Thus, it needs to begin this study.Enver Hoxha was more Stalinist than Sovyet leader Josef Stalin. He saw Stalin as God and Marksist-Leninist Ideology as his life style. It has not been discovered how he made Albania as a ?closed box? yet. Additionally, the role of Albanian in Balkan Region under Enver Hoxha Era and it?s relationship with not only communist states but also western states and Turkey still stayed in dark.On one hand, some Albanian people have still seen him as a great leader after the Albanian national hero Iskender Bey, on the other hand some Albanian people believed that he was a traitor and the real obsctacle on the way of Albanian modernization. For that reason, it seems very important to research Enver Hoxha Period.In this study, it was sprawled in front of the eye how Enver Hoxha tried to gain his country?s independence during the Second World War, how he took the power in a very short time and how he created Albanian Worker Party in the first two chapter. Later, the policy of Enver Hoxha against his oppositon on the continuation of his power and his brutal dictatorship placed in front of the eye. In addition to that, the relationship between Albania and Communist countries, Western Countries and also Turkey were examined in different aspects.Finally, the political, cultural, social, economical parts of Albania under Enver Hoxha period also examined in details for the sake of opening a new window to the one who wants to creat good relationship with Albania in futureKey Words: Enver Hoxha, Albanian Worker Party, Dictator, Stalin, Mao, Tito.