The prospect of political Islam in Turkey and its impact on regional security developments

Abstract To delineate the prospect of political Islam in Turkey and its impact on regional security developments, it is necessary to analyze its components, variables, and important elements, including political Islam, as political Islam has been one of the major influential currents and discourses in recent developments in Turkey. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the political Islam in Turkey and its impact on regional security developments. After expanding the concepts of the research topic, the issue of political Islam and its security impacts will be examined. According to the subject documentation presented in this paper, the research method is descriptive-analytical and the data gathering method is library research which is described using the political text analysis method. The findings of the study indicate that: Political Islam in Turkey is influencing regional security developments, Turkey's ability to resolve regional crises, the ability or inability of Turkey’s government to create a balance of power in the region and to resolve conflicts in its foreign policy.