PERSIAN GULF: THE PLACE WHERE THE WORLD REIGN PASSES
DÜNYA HÂKİMİYETİNİN GEÇTİĞİ YER: FARS KÖRFEZİ

Author : Yılmaz KARADENİZ
Number of pages : 114-129

Abstract

Persian Gulf is a geography which has sometimes peaked because of struggles on it, sometimes has lost its importance, an significiant destination since ancient history. It is the place where the destination of many ethnic groups, merchants and states, have decreased or increased, wars have taken placed and sovereign have wanted to have. Gulf is a strategic key where have done many wars in front of it defating at war or couldn´t reach to The Persian Gulf has lost the reign of the world in case who has got it used for reaching India. It has became an area which western emperial governments have competed on it, wanted to domain because of its geoeconomic and geopolitic importance since 20th century. Western Powers who have begun to argument about the name of gulf have tried to name the gulf as an Arabic gulf. They have tried to use for their future purpose by making gulf a soft spot.

Keywords

Persia, Persian Gulf, Colonialism, Portugal, England

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