Turkey–Yugoslavia relations

Northern Macedonia were annexed only in 1912–1913 via the First Balkan War

successor states.^[2] On 18 April 1924 Yugoslavia accepted its share of 5.25% or 5,435,597 Turkish lira of the total Ottoman debt.^[2] Two countries finally signed their peace and friendship agreement 28 October 1925 and it was ratified on 1 February 1926.^[2]

dual citizenship.^[4] While Greece and Turkey strongly pushed for the full Yugoslav membership in NATO, after the death of Stalin Belgrade decided to normalize its ties with Soviet Union (Belgrade declaration) and to formulate the non-aligned foreign policy. In 1961 Yugoslav writer Ivo Andrić was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical novel The Bridge on the Drina revolves around the Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad. In 1971 Slavic Muslims (as an ethnic group) (modern Bosniaks) were recognized as one of the constituent peoples of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1982 Croatian architect Andrija Mutnjaković used blending of Byzantine and Islamic architectural forms when he designed the current building of the National Library of Kosovo. Turkish and Yugoslav cities which become sister cities during the time of Socialist Yugoslavia include Sarajevo-Bursa (1979) and Skopje-Manisa

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) which were kept at the chargé d'affaires level once Belgrade recalled its ambassador in January 1992 and Ankara in May of the same year.^[5] Turkey notably refused to actively participate in military interventions related to the Bosnian War including its absence from the Operation Deliberate Force.^[5] It will however subsequently join the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia despite significantly decreased public interest in Kosovo War compared to Bosnia.^[5] Conflict in former Yugoslavia and absence of strong official response, similarly to earlier experience of persecution of Muslims during the 1912-1913 First Balkan War, strengthened support for Islamist and Turkish nationalist