Turkey and Hydro-Hegemonism in the Middle East; A Strategy for Regional Order-Making in the Geopolitics of Mesopotamia

The importance of the research: Turkey's geopolitical position in the Middle East region as an upstream country with Tigris and Euphrates water resources has made Turkey, as a State - activist, use these water resources as a political-security tool in the direction of transition to a central power in the region. Turkey's water policy, which is a sign of conflict with the current structure and order of the Middle East, and tries to increase its regional power by identifying the future crisis of the region, i.e., water, and basically seeks regional order and management to make itself a regional hub and actor become one in the Middle East. The present article tries to answer the question, with a descriptive-analytical method and the use of the confrontation maturity model, with what tools and components is Turkey trying to create dangerous order in the Middle East? The main hypothesis: Turkey, by turning and emphasizing on the hydro political issue and in the form of hydro-hegemonism strategy, is looking for order in the Middle East and becoming a central power in this geopolitical platform.

Turkey's water action is a tool for regional order, gaining a superior position, transitioning from a regional power to a central power.