Relations Between Turkey And Albania Case Study

This study has presented relations between Turkey and Albania in economical, political and cultural area, focused more in the period after the collapse of communism in Albania. During the communist period Albania was fully izolated from the world so that period of time between two countries there didnt exist any relation. Relations between Turkey and Albania have common facades with the Turkish foreign policy towards Balkans, starting from the dissolution of Balkan states from the Ottoman Empire, continuing with the rule of Ataturk in Turkey and comming until nowdays. This thesis is focused more in the bilateral relations in the period of beggining of democracy in Albania.

After Albania emerged from the communist regime and opened its door
Evethough Albania developed relation with the West, the best ally of it has been Turkey over the years. Those two countries developed bilateral relations with Albania in political, military and economic spheres. Due to the inclusive policies of Turkey within the region, multilateral relations were established with Albania and Turkey encouraged Albania for its participation in international institutions. In addition Turkey supported Albania in its integration into Euro-Atlantic structures.

Relationships were becaming better because of different strategies that those two countries applied. These strategies were based in the political collaborations, economic cooperation, cultural projects, and bringing Turkish lifestyle in Balkans and other European regions.. This new era of strongly cooperating between them started with the support that Turkey offered to Albania to become a NATO membership, as well the economic and military assistance from Turkey made possible transformation of Albania in Turkey’s main strategic partner in the
These ties become stronger afer the Cold War ended. Two countries signed Free Trade Agreement between them. Turkey considers Albania as a strategic trade partner in the region. There are lot of big Turkish companies that invested in Albania over the years and some of them are still investing. Also Turkey provided important technical and humanitarian assistances to Albania. Activities and projects of Turkish International Development and Cooperation Agency contributed to development of relations between Turkey and Albania. Coming to the cultural events between Albania and Turkey, it is obvious that they have started from the period of the Ottoman Empire rule in Albania. Each national culture, regardless of its level of development, could not avoid external influence. Thus, the Albanian culture has traces of Byzantine, Hellenistic, Turkish (Ottoman), etc. These traces of civilizations and different cultures are a result of the geographical position of the Albanian territories and direct contacts of the Albanian people with religion, literature, philosophy and culture of other peoples, the West and the