Macro-level Analysis: the Effect of the International System Structure on the Turkish and Iranian Foreign Policy in the Middle East (2002-2012)

Iran and Turkey’s different approaches on the international system have led to their foreign policy differences. Changes in Turkish foreign policy have adopted a new approach to the Middle East, and Iran is also seeking to win the developments to enhance the region’s political weight in the equations. The main question of this paper is that, what effect does the structure of the international system on Iran and Turkey foreign policy in the Middle East between 2002 and 2012? This hypothesis has also been proposed; the structure of the international system, according to Iran’s confrontational approach to international order, great deterrent for Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East and in contrast, the international agreement and accept the established order by Turkey’s foreign policy that has acted as encouraging.