Türkiye's position in the dynamics of strategic corridors of international trade The Iraqi Development Road Project as a model

Abstract

Abstract                      

         The study examines the characteristic of change that the Middle East region has undergone and its geopolitical transformations in the prevailing relations in the region, especially with the emergence of the importance of the Turkish role as a rising power in regional and international interactions, due to its strategic geographical location, which constitutes a transformational path in the position that its location gives it towards its sphere of influence on the regional arena, especially in the path of strategic corridors, most notably the Iraqi Development Road, which represents a great momentum for it and an incentive to present itself as a central power in the region on the one hand, and on the other hand, Turkish efforts face a challenge in light of the increasing regional competition in the field of crossing projects and international transport routes. Accordingly, this Turkish effectiveness is formed from the approach of Turkey's awareness that achieving its regional and international ambitions in its strategic directions is linked to reshaping the tools of economic influence due to its vital geography by integrating the Iraqi Development Road project with the environment of its interactions with its surrounding neighborhood and its geopolitical scope. The study concluded that the regional transformations in the Middle East region have given Turkey a wider space to move strategically in the region by engaging in regional arrangements with strategic dimensions.