Tito`yu çevrelemek: Amerika ve Sovyetlerin Yugoslavya ve Balkan politikaları, 1945-1955

This thesis examines the early Cold War in the Balkans by bringing historicaland regional factors into play. In particular, it focuses on the plans for a Balkanfederation and the Balkan Pact.The major actor in these cooperation attempts was Yugoslavia, and it was aprivileged state in its relations with the superpowers. By putting Yugoslavia into thecentre of analysis, this thesis reconsiders this period and the influence of these tworegional alliances upon the regional and Cold War relations.Balkan federation plans were the extension of historical tendencies of thecontributing parties. Balkan Pact was completely a Cold War tool but its demise wastriggered by non-Cold War reasons rooted in the regional relations. Early Cold Warin the Balkans should be studied by treating the role of historical and regional factorsas equal with the superpower policies.Key Words: Tito, Yugoslavia, Balkan Federation, Balkan Pact, Turkey, Greece,Bulgaria, Soviet Union, U.S.A., Cold War.