Turkey's foreign policy in the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis from the perspective of intelligent power

South Caucasus countries gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, the aggravation of territorial disputes between Azerbaijan and Armenia has led to severe conflicts over Karabakh. At the same time, Turkey, with its regional policies, is trying to play a prominent role in supporting Azerbaijan as the Turkish big brother by combining soft and hard power, or in other words, smart power. The present article, in a descriptive and analytical way, seeks to answer the question, what is the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis in Turkey's major strategies from the point of view of intelligent power?In response to this question, the hypothesis of the article states that Turkey, realizing that the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis provides a good opportunity for the influence of this country after a hundred years of being away from this region, tried to use a combination of hard policies including strengthening the military power of Azerbaijan on the one hand. and soft policies including emphasis on ethnic and racial identity to gain influence in the Caucasus region. In this regard, Turkey's intelligent power has tried to get the most benefit from the crisis situation in Karabagh with the least cost, but finally, taking into account the influence of Russia in solving the crisis and the sources of influence, Turkey has not been able to achieve its goals with complete success in the South Caucasus region. achieve foreign policy.