Governmental systems of Iran & Turkey in comparison and its effects in the Middle East

This thesis study tackles to what extent the governmental systems have been effective in the Middle East policies of Islamic Republic of Iran after the islamic revolution and the Middle East policies of Secular Republic of Turkey. Comprising of three main sections and details, this study handles the reflections in the region arousen by Secular Republic and Shia Islamic Republic models, which were not tried in the Middle East and Islamic countries before, and the outcomes related to their relations with the region arising from the systems of these countries. The evaluations made in this study include the definition and nature of government, government tradition in Iran and Turkey, and the history of this tradition, the reflections occurred at the foundation phases of the current systems of these states and the outcomes thereof. The most basic subjects of inference include how the Middle East is shaped in the axis of a system regulating the social life based on religion and a system regulating the social life based on human laws, and the effects thereof. In the last section, all these political developments are examined from a different point of view under the title ?Turks? in the Shia World containing the observations collected as a result of both examinations and field researches. Keywords: Iran, Turkey, Governmental System, Secularity, Islamic Republic