Iraqi – Turkish Relations 2002-2012

Abstract

This research deals with the subject of Iraqi-Turkish relations during the period between (2002-2012), this period constitute a crucial stage in the history of relations between the two countries which had witnessed an internal developments in each of them, in Turkey, the coming of justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in late 2002 represents a new phase in the Turkey's contemporary history and in its internal and external policy, regional and international relations, while Iraq has offered the U.S. occupation in 2003, which affected in its political, security, economic situation and in its regional and international relations which reflected on the bilateral relations between the two states.