Türkiye-Çekoslovakya İlişkileri (1923-1939)/Turkey-Czechoslovakia Relations (1923 1939) (original) (raw)

When World War I ended, the world was very different from 1914. Empires that entered war with high hopes no longer existed. These collapsed empires would be replaced by many nation-states. However, the birth of these new nation-states was not so easy. This process ended in 1923 with the Treaty of Lausanne. Then, the period called the "inter-war period" in the literature was entered. After the Great War, some new countries established in the former imperial lands underwent serious transformations and changes. The most important of these countries was Turkey. The Turkish War of Independence was a heroic story in itself. After the victory, what was done under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Pacha increased the world's attention on Turkey even more. On the other side was Czechoslovakia founded by Czechs and Slovaks have a long history both separately and together, after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These two new states established and developed many different relations in the interwar period. In order to determine the political, economic and social relations between Turkey and Czechoslovakia, which is the subject of this study, and to determine the view of the two countries, many sources in the two countries were examined. As a result of this research, it was seen that especially in the 1920s, the economic aspect of the relations was at the forefront. There was an increase in social relations since the 1930s, and there was a convergence in political relations as a second world war was approaching.