İran'ın Ulusal Güvenlik Stratejisinin Sektörel Güvenlikleştirme Teorisi Çerçevesinde Analizi ve Türkiye-İran İlişkilerine Etkisi

Abstract

The threats within the securitization theory are divided into five sectors; military, political, social, economic and ecological threats. Despite the importance of each of these threat definitions, traditional military security conceptualization is still a priority and have an important position. In this article, it is aimed that the national security strategies of Iran, threat perceptions and methods of combating these threats are discussed in the context of the theory of sectoral securitization which is developed by Barry Buzan. A comprehensive literature search has been made about the subject and a resource review (Turkish and English Theses, scientific reports, academic articles, books, reports etc.), which is one of the qualitative research techniques, has been chosen as the method. The main questions to be answered in this study are: What is Iran's conceptualization of security? Does Iran have a definition of a particular security threat? What are the methods and tools to deal with these threats? From which parameters does the national security definition be made? What role does the military and economic capacity play in Iran's national security strategy? What are the impacts of Iran’s national security strategy on Turkey-Iran relations? The article is shaped with the hypothesis “Iran is pursuing a pragmatic and ideological foreign policy aimed at enhancing its nuclear, military, economic and political capacity in the context of “securitization” policy and thus protecting national interest by determining national security strategy through threat perceptions”. Having strong defense systems and obtaining nuclear power for Iran is an important way to counterbalance the weakness of the conventional military power. In the context of national security, Iran's main goal is to rely on its own strength and deterrence. Iran's national security strategy and political discourse after the 1979 Islamic Revolution influenced Turkey-Iran relations in a negative way in general terms. The security strategies of the two countries, their security priorities, the interests of the two countries due to their intent to become a regional power, have rarely become a co-operative area, but have caused conflict and threat perception.