Conflict and cooperation in Turkey-Iran relations: 1989-2001

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2004

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Sinkaya, Bayram

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This study sought to answer why conflict in Turkey-Iran relations increased in the covered period, considering 6relatively- 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.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14001

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B. Sinkaya, “Conflict and cooperation in Turkey-Iran relations: 1989-2001,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.