Iran and Turkey in Central Asia Security Complex

During last 25 years, Central Asia’s stability has permanently witness with increasing difficult and complicated situation. All the countries of the region have experienced low or high pressures of nationalistic trends. Meanwhile appearance of domestic challenges, difficulties of the ear of independence, weakness in state- building and nation- building, spread of peripheral problems in the region, geopolitical vacuum, and finally activities of regional and international players especially after 9/11, have made very complicated the security sphere of Central Asia. In a such condition of cooperation and competition of foreign players, intervention of trans regional powers have a very deep impact on the regional security that could have positive or negative effects on these developments. This paper focus on this question that, “what are the opportunities for Iran and Turkey to play their role in the Central Asian security complex?” To answer this question, the authors first describe the security sphere pf Central Asia and use the theory of “Security Complex”. Then by analyzing Iran’s and Turkey’s capacities to play role in this context. The method of this research is descriptive- analytical.