A.B.D.'nin Ortadoğu politikasının sonucu olarak İslamofobi ve bunun Amy Waldman'ın 11 eylül sonrası romanı The Submission'daki temsili

The Middle East is one of the oldest settlements in the history of humanity. It has been the focal point of history for centuries due to its location, history, resources, rich culture, and status of being the land where religions were born. With the formation of a bipolar world order after the Second World War, the Middle East has been the scene of power struggles and the fact that it has rich energy resources has increased interest in the Middle East. The United States of America, which emerged as the hegemon power after the end of the Cold War, developed its Middle East policy in this direction. Apart from aiming to protect its interests, it has chosen Israel as its permanent ally and prioritized its security in the region with its establishment in 1948. Israel's establishment and the conflicts that had started even before it was founded are the sources of the problems that still exist in the Middle East. America's pro-Israel attitude not only hinders the solution of the problems, but also increases anti-Americanism. As a result of the policy that the US pursued, the terrorists who were created with their own resources attacked the USA on September 11, 2001 and paved the way for developments that would strike the whole world. Following the policy with the perception of the evil 'other' during the Cold War, the US filled this 'other' gap created by the disintegration of the Soviet Union with the fight against terrorism and Islam after the September 11 attacks. Another problem that arose was Islamophobia, which increased considerably. In addition to the historical background of the US Middle East policy, its results, 9/11 attacks, the origins of Islamophobia and its current status, Amy Waldman's novel The Submission, which is one of the striking post-9/11 novels that depict Islamophobia, was also examined in this study.