The Balkan Pact was a way for the West to protect Yugoslavia against the East, and keep communism out.
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Mustafa Kemal thought of the Balkan Pact as a medium of balance in the relations with the European countries.
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Although the signing of the Balkan Pact of 1938 restored good relations with Yugoslavia and Greece, the territorial issue continued to simmer.
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This process culminated in the signature of the Balkan Pact between Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Romania, which was a counter to Bulgarian revisionism.
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While the origins of the Balkan agreement may date back as far as 1925, the Balkan Pact came to being in the mid-1930s.
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In 1952, both countries joined NATO . In 1954 Greece, Turkey and a new Balkan Pact for mutual defence against the Soviet Union.
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The main assignment of Constantin Langa-R _ canu was serving as minister plenipotentiary of Romania to Greece, where he was involved in the negotiations for the Balkan Pact.
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1957-Romania's request to join Balkan Pact is refused by Greece; Nine black students who entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas withdraw because of a white mob outside.
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The Agreements regarding the creation of the Balkan Pact started with a political treaty in Ankara in February 1953, and ended with a military treaty in Bled in August 1954.
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Indeed, Venizelos'successor Panagis Tsaldaris came to visit Atat�rk in September 1933 and signed a more comprehensive agreement called the " Entente Cordiale " between Greece and Turkey, which was a stepping stone for the Balkan Pact.
