Influential Factors About Iran And Turkey Relations 1979-2005

After the 1979 Islamic revolution Khomeini government deteriorated relations with other countries by exporting revolution extremely.Turkey as its neighbor country although had escaped from fighting with Iran hadn't make good relations with it.From 1980s the relations between Iran and Turkey began to be improved gradually.But the relations kept not good not bad all along and cold politics and hot economy phenomenon.Islamic question Kurdish question Caspian and Azerbaijan issues played the crucial role in the relations between Iran and Turkey.When Iran was in Safavid Dynasty it began to contact with Turkey frequently.It's a normality though the two nations made wars continually because of territory disputes religion conflicts and so on.That period was in the colonial system phase after all.Iran and Turkey had made relations for four centuries since 1970s when Iran was in the end of Pahlavi Dynasty.The long period is not only as the background of the whole paper but also the period of Shi'ism status was established in Iran even the period of two countries' boundary confirmation.After the Pahlavi Dynasty the relations between Iran and Turkey couldn't keep steady for religious nations and geopolitics disputes in Caspian during 26 years from 1979 to 2005,but they could offset the deficiency of politics by economy.Benefit compensation forced two nations' relations make good development in the future.No matter how drastic the conflicts upgraded from dialogues disputes to antagonism contradictions or cooperation with condemnations for Kurdish questions even competition in Caspian area and disposal of Azerbaijan,all these factors are just chessmen under the control of nation benefit.The balance of powers and contest of benefits are the roots of all the conflicts.Nation benefit is the immaterial and powerful hand behind conflicts.Forever benefit relation is the fittest explanation to the relations between Iran and Turkey.