NATO'nun Akdeniz güvenlik rolü

In a changing global world, due to the new understanding of security, new threats and their changing importance some regions, which were not of a great deal of importance, has gained interest. Consequently this emerging importance took attraction of the international organizations. The big threat from the East to Europe was removed after the collapse of Soviet Union. With this development NATO, most of whose members are in Europe has increased its level of relationships with some regions especially to establish stability and peace. Among these regions is the Mediterranean Region. With the rise of threats (terror, migration, weapons of mass destruction, rapid population growth) NATO increased the focus on its perimeters. Mediterranean has a great importance for NATO. NATO has begun developing new relations with the countries in this region, especially the Middle Eastern and Northern African countries. Moreover it has formed some dialogues with the region. In this paper Mediterranean identity, the perception of understanding of security in this region, the effects of this security approach on the region and outside the region, especially the elements which could affect the security of the Mediterranean and in this context the Mediterranean dialogue of NATO, the reactions to this dialogue from the region and some measures NATO needs to take are studied. The purpose of this academic research was to tell the Mediterranean policy of NATO, which Turkey is a member of. Turkey both as a NATO member and a regional country will be affected by any positive or negative development in the area. Any security problem in the region will affect Turkey as well as any other Mediterranean country. XIV