EDAM Director Sinan Ülgen shares his views  with The New York Times  that Türkiye’s approach toward Iran is shaped primarily by historical experience and geographical proximity rather than political affinity, reflecting a pragmatic need for coexistence despite profound disagreements. He also underlined that Ankara’s central concern is not support for the Iranian regime per se, but the risk that a collapse of order in Iran could trigger a far greater wave of regional instability than those previously witnessed in Syria and Iraq.

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t. He also warned that Türkiye’s priority is to prevent the conflict from destabilizing Iran, because spillover or a chaotic regime-change scenario could generate instability on a scale even greater than what Türkiye experienced from the wars in Syria and Iraq.e-change scenario could generate instability on a scale even greater than what Türkiye experienced from the wars in Syria and Iraq.