This study sought to answer why conflict in Turkey-Iran relations increased
in the covered period, considering &ndash / relatively- smooth relations between Turkey and
Iran in the 1980s, and thermidorizing of Iran in the 1990s. Indeed, ideology has had
an important place in bilateral relations between Iran and Turkey for a long time.
Ideological factors constituted the immediate reasons for conflict between Turkey
and Iran in the 1990s as well. However, ideological differences between the two
countries did not cause any serious conflict in the 1980s. Then, the question arises,
why and how did ideological reasons led to severe frictions between Iran and Turkey
in the 1990s. In this regard, this thesis paid attention to two factors that have
profound effects on the foreign policies of Turkey and Iran / changing internal
conditions, and the changing geopolitics of Turkey and Iran after the dissolution of
the USSR and the Gulf War of 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1260457/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2004 |
| Creators | Sinkaya, Bayram |
| Contributors | Bolukbasioglu, Suha |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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