Yugoslavya-Sovyetler Birliği ya da Tito-Stalin Çatışması (1948)
Yugoslavia-Soviet Union or Tito-Stalin Conflict (1948)

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the reasons and consequences of the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform in 1948 will be explained within the framework of historical events between 1945 and 1948. When the communist leader Josip Broz Tita came to power he initiated a rapid centralization and nationalization process in Yugoslavia. In this context, the Soviet Union was taken as a model. In the eyes of the Yugoslav leadership, Soviet leader Stalin was a cult figure whose leadership could not be questioned. However, J.B. Tito's ambitions for the expansion of Yugoslavia at the regional level quickly turned him away from Stalin. Stalin, who was careful about the balance established between the Western and Eastern blocs after the war, tried to prevent J.B. Tito's plans from being realized. On the other hand, the USA and Britain were also disturbed by J. B. Tito's ambition, especially by his attempts to expand against Austria, Italy and Greece. Therefore, J.B. Tito, faced with the oppositions of the great powers, had to give up his ambitious plans for the expansion of Yugoslavia. The expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform as a result of Stalin's efforts allowed J. B. Tito to consolidate his power and providing him to remove the Stalinists (mostly Serbs). Although the reasons for the strained relations between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in 1948 were presented as ideological, in fact the reasons for the conflict between the two countries were differents political interests, and these differences led to the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.

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