The role of Caucasus geopolitics on the confrontation between Iran and Türkiye's geo-strategic thinking

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1 PhD student in Political Geography, Faculty of Geography, Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Political Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
The power vacuum in the South Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union has led to the formation of competition between regional and extra-regional powers. The two countries of Iran and Turkey are trying to influence and exploit the countries of this area due to their historical links and having common borders, and their vast capacities in the fields of energy, politics, culture and economy. With the formation of the three republics of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, new opportunities arose for Turkey and Iran to influence and influence this region. Based on the geopolitical realities, the two countries show great sensitivity to this region as a security and economic supplement. The current research is descriptive and analytical, and the research data has been collected in the form of library and documents. The results of the research show that these two regional powers, due to their cultural and ethnic connections with the Caucasus region, consider themselves obliged to play a role in its political, economic and security equations. As a result, the existence of such a point of view has caused the simultaneous presence of these two regional powers in the Caucasus and brought about their confrontation and friction.

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