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Cold Peace
Turkey and Iran have opposing perspectives on many
issues, a historical pattern that emerges from two
different worldviews. Though this does not prohibit
occasional economic relations, it does limit bilateral
relations. While Turks and Iranians have rarely been
at war with each other, their friendship is a cold
peace, as crises regularly make visible. For instance, in
March 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan
made a dramatic shift on Iran and publicly criticized
that country, outlining Turkeys general reservations:
Iran means to dominate the region. How can this be
allowed? Iran has to abandon this ambition. It should
withdraw its forces from Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. For
Erdoan, its not possible to tolerate Iran in these
areas.
Syria, Iraq, and Yemen today constitute the three
major areas of conflict between Iran and Turkey.
In each case, both are trying to shape events on the
ground according to their opposite interests. Irans
vision of Syria (or Yemen) is unacceptable to Turkey,
as is Turkeys to Iran. Meanwhile, the Arab Uprisings
have destroyed many states, and statehood crises all
over the region have fed a bourgeoning sectarianism.
State collapse leads to citizenship collapse, and once
citizenship collapses, people tend to gravitate either
to sectarian or ethnic identities, as we have observed
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