Iran urges Turkey to set up four-way mechanism - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review ~ İBG Blog

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Iran urges Turkey to set up four-way mechanism - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

1:40 AM International relations, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Middle East Studies, POLITICS, Syria, Turkey

`As Turkey rises as a key actor in the region, Iran tries to show that it is not lagging behind its neighbor, suggesting the establishment of a four-way partnership to deal with regional issues. Turkey recently proposed a three-way strategic cooperation with Iraq and Syria in the wake of a diplomatic crisis between those two countries

Concerned about Turkey’s growing influence in the region, Iran is preparing to offer its neighbor a spot in a four-way partnership with Iraq and Syria to deal with the countries’ common problems.`

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İsa Burak Gonca graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Eastern Mediterranean University of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Masters Program in Political Science and International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of Yeditepe University. He is now a PhD Candidate in the Field of the International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Suleyman Demirel University. He is currently doing his PhD studies on China's energy security and geoeconomic interests in Central Asia.