NÜKLEER ANLAŞMADAN SONRA İRAN-TÜRKİYE İLİŞKİLERİ: BİR KOMPARTMANTALİZASYON ÖRNEK OLAYI

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1, 80 - 100, 01.07.2016

Bayram Sinkaya

Öz

Birçok gözlemcinin beklentisinin aksine Türkiye, İran’ın nükleer programı etrafında uzun süreden beri devam eden anlaşmazlığın siyasi yoldan çözümünü amaçlayan ve P5+1 grubu ülkeleri ile İran arasında Temmuz 2015’te uzlaşmaya varılan nükleer anlaşmaya karşı ‘ihtiyatlı’ bir tutum aldı. Türkiye ve İran arasındaki ilişkiler nükleer anlaşmadan kısa bir süre sonra, muhtemelen jeopolitik kaygılar nedeniyle ciddi şekilde kötüleşti. İki ülke ilişkileri Ankara ve Tahran arasında üst düzey ziyaretlerde görüldüğü gibi kısa sürede normalleşti, fakat görüş ayrılıkları ve jeopolitik kaygılar aşılmadı. Bu makalede İran-Türkiye ilişkilerinde eşzamanlı olarak ortaya çıkan fakat birbirine zıt, birisi çatışma ve rekabet, diğeri işbirliği ve diyalog doğrultusunda etkili olan iki eğilime dikkat çekilmektedir. Bu iki zıt eğilimin eşzamanlı olarak ortaya çıkmasıyla Ankara ile Tahran arasında görünürde hızlı şekilde değişen ilişkileri açıklamak için bu çalışmada ‘kompartmanlaşma’ kavramı önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Türk-İran ilişkileri, nükleer anlaşma, Ortadoğu, Erdoğan, Ruhani, kompartmanlaştırma, Suriye krizi, mezhepçilik

IRAN AND TURKEY RELATIONS AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL: A CASE FOR COMPARTMENTALIZATION

Öz

Contrary to the expectations of many observers, Turkey adopted a ‘cautious’ stand with regard to the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1, finalized in July 2015, which aimed at a political solution to the long-lasting controversy over Iran’s nuclear program. Relations between Turkey and Iran worsened considerably soon after the nuclear deal, arguably for geopolitical reasons. While the two countries quickly reinstated their relations, as signified by high-level visits between Ankara and Tehran, they have not overcome their differences and geopolitical concerns. This article draws attention to the two simultaneously working but contrasting trends in Iran-Turkey relations: one working for conflict and competition and the other for cooperation and dialogue. In order to explain the seemingly rapid changes in relations between Ankara and Tehran through the simultaneous operation of these two contrasting trends, this study offers the concept of compartmentalization

Anahtar Kelimeler

Turkish-Iranian Relations, Nuclear Deal, Middle East, Erdoğan, Rouhani, Compartmentalization, Syrian Crisis, Sectarianism.

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