Amerikan Başkanlık Doktrinlerinin Türkiye-İran İlişkilerine Etkisi: 1970’li Yıllar

Abstract

The American Presidential Doctrines play a crucial role in international politics because they provide a general strategy for United States’ (U.S.) allies to follow. The United States' international policies, like the policies of all states, are complicated and broad-based. Presidential doctrines, on the other hand, reveal a basic strategy framework.
 This study examined the events that occurred in the axis of Iran-Türkiye-Northern Iraq from President Richard Nixon to Jimmy Carter's administration and investigated the main outline of the American presidential doctrines that focused on the 1970s.
 Poppy cultivation, the Cyprus issue, and the embargo crisis, which caused the crisis between Türkiye and the US in the 1970s, together with the policies implemented by the US to maintain balance in Northern Iraq and Iran, were all evaluated with a holistic approach.
 In this study, it was determined that the international crises of the 1970s engendered a significant level of mistrust between regional countries, specifically in relation to the United States, as well as among various regional actors. During this time, the United States implemented a policy of supporting the Northern Iraq region and Kurdish elements in order to create a balance of power between Iran and Türkiye. This policy had the consequence of increasing feelings of insecurity among neighboring countries, but also created opportunities for non-regional actors to devise new strategies.