Focusing on the Kurdish region, the book explores the roles of non-state actors, including Kurds in Syria, the PKK, and ISIS. It investigates the dynamics following 2011, highlighting the challenges and opportunities that emerged for Turkey's ZPN policy concerning Iraqi Kurdistan. Through this analysis, it sheds light on the complex interactions and implications of regional conflicts and political strategies.
This book examines the Turkish policy towards Iraqi Kurds during 2003-2008.Northern Iraq has strategic significant during Ottoman Empire; it was the defense area which protect Ottoman territories from Safavid Empir's expansion. Northern Iraq "Kurdistan Region" remains a significant location for new Turkish state, and Ankara has applied different policies to keep its influence on that area. The study has found there factors which affected Turkish policy towards Iraqi Kurds.(i)Nationalism, this factor consider one of the basic principle of Turkish state.(ii)National Interest, because an independent Kurdistan on Turkish border will affect Turkish national interest in term of stability, and unity of the state.(iii)National Security, it refers to the existence of semi independent Kurdistan on the border with Turkey, the Kurdish situation in northern Iraq made the turkish national security under threat. This study recommended that both Ankara and Iraqi Kurds still have chance for cooperation, and they need collective efforts to protect the interest and security of both sides.
