Balkan Pact

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The Balkan Pact was a 1934 mutual defense alliance between Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Yugoslavia aimed at preserving the post–World War I territorial status quo in the Balkans.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Balkan Entente 1
Balkan Pact canonical 1
Balkan Pact (1953) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
mutual defense treaty ⓘ
regional security arrangement ⓘ
aimedAt preservation of the post–World War I territorial status quo in the Balkans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Balkan Entente ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Pact

Entente of the Balkan States ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Pact
concernedWith security of Balkan borders ⓘ
countrySignatory Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslavia

Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
dateSigned 1934-02-09 ⓘ
diminishedAfter Axis expansion in Europe ⓘ
diplomaticGoal strengthening cooperation among non-revisionist Balkan states ⓘ
enteredIntoForceInYear 1934 ⓘ
focus defense against external aggression rather than internal disputes ⓘ
geopoliticalRole coordination of foreign policy among member states ⓘ
hasMemberState Greece ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War I European order ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
languageOfTreaty French ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
notInclude Albania ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
opposedTo territorial revisionism in the Balkans ⓘ
placeSigned Athens ⓘ
politicalOrientation status quo alliance ⓘ
purpose containment of revisionist states in Europe ⓘ
maintenance of regional stability ⓘ
mutual defense against aggression in the Balkans ⓘ
regionServed Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
relatedTo League of Nations collective security system ⓘ
Little Entente ⓘ
Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ
signatoryFormOfGovernment monarchy in Greece ⓘ
monarchy in Romania ⓘ
monarchy in Yugoslavia ⓘ
republic in Turkey ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
typeOfAgreement collective security agreement ⓘ
weakenedBy German expansionism ⓘ
Italian expansionism ⓘ
yearSigned 1934 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Romania → memberOf → Balkan Pact ⓘ
Balkan Pact → alsoKnownAs → Balkan Entente ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Pact
Balkan Pact → alsoKnownAs → Entente of the Balkan States ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Pact
Treaties of Yugoslavia → hasPart → Balkan Pact (1953) ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Pact