Turkey and the Gulf States: Threats and Prospects
Journal Title: Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Until recently, the republic of Turkey does not get involved in the affairs of the Gulf states or the Middle East as whole, except during the years of the Ottoman Empire when the whole of the Middle East came under Ottoman Turkey. However since the founding the new republic by Kemal Ataturk and its westernization policy, Turkey had all the time looked to the west and only in the 2000’s began to be involved in the affairs and politics of the gulf region. The Gulf region remains strategic to many outside powers like the U.S, Russia and the E.U states as a result of it energy resources. Within the region there has been fierce rivalry for power and domination among the Gulf States. The rivalry and struggle for influence is seen to be particularly between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Gulf States view Iran with suspicion for its ambition in the region and feel threatened by Iran’s nuclear development program. The Gulf States therefore welcomed the entrance of Turkey into the affairs of the region mainly with the hope that it could counter Iranian influence in the region. The paper argues that the republic of Turkey must strike a balance between its interest in the region and the interests of its Gulf partners and its relations with Iran on the one hand. The necessity of policy choice and balance by the republic of Turkey is based on the Realist classical theory of International Relations.
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Yusuf Ibrahim Gamawa
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