The turkish- iranian geopolitical competition in the middle east

Abstract

The repercussions of events and the successive crises, that have passed on the Middle East, have led many countries of the region to follow new regional strategies as a result of the changing issues, the different types of conflicts, and changing the main actors in the region. One of these new strategies is appealing for external forces to support one of the conflicting sides over the other, in order to modify the internal political structure. That what happened in Iraq (2003), Libya and Egypt (2011), Yemen, Tunisia, and is currently happening in Syria, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, which suffer internal tensions towards their ruling powers. These changes increase the chance for some powers like Turkey and Iran to conflict over controlling and dominating Middle East region.