Turkey’s Security Policy towards Northern Syria and Iraq amid Regional Chaos (2011-2019)

This study seeks to explain Turkey’s policies towards Iraq and Northern Syria in the context of regional geopolitical competition. The paper first explains structure competitive system Middle East by taking into consideration role impact Turkey, Iran Saudi Arabia. Secondly, focusing on strategic goals actors, contextualizes logic rationality behind military political engagements Iraq. Finally, research is addressing strategy for settling Syrian crisis. One most important threats against Turkey during this period has been emergence YPG, offshoot PKK terrorist organization, which became central component counter-terrorism policy US ISIS. With deepening crises then Iraq, as well failed coup 2016, government changed its consolidated itself one effective players overall assessment that managed emerged northern pursuing a twin pillar relying diplomatic especially hard power capacities eventually, become pole resolving crisis since 2016 when gradually moved away from Western coalition.