التنافس التركي الإيراني في منطقة الشرق الأوسط

Abstract EN

This study entitled "The Turkish-Iranian rivalry in the Middle East" aimed to investigate the political transformations in the region which led to increasing this competition and its relevance to the political, military and geopolitical importance of the region.

The study considered the projects and the roles of Turkey and Iran and its impact on the Middle East, so that it began from the hypothesis that the existence of two ideologically different forces that have a somewhat similar capabilities enable both to compete in the region, and from another hypothesis that this competition adversely affects the region by weakened the loyalties of some ideological movements to their countries and proved to have new ideologies.

The validity of these two hypotheses has been proven.

A research constraint is the presence of a lack of clarity to understand the nature of the relationship between Turkey and Iran in the region and what are the foundations and pillars of this relationship.

The study answered number of questions raised in terms of the nature of the relationship and what are the determinants and reasons that created this competition between the two countries using the decision-making approach in explaining the nature of the political circumstances surrounding the decision-making environment in both countries and the analytical descriptive approach in clarifying and explaining the nature of this relationship which led to the dimensions of this competition.

It also used the game theory to show the factors of strength and weakness between Iran and Turkey and the theory of realism in determining the behavior of the state in terms of power and interest for each of the two countries.

A number of recommendations and results have emerged from this study