摘要：This article uses the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory in order to
analyze the attempts at desecuritizing Turkey’s relations with Iran based on the
foreign policy of the ‘National Outlook’ movement. Through analyzing Erbakan’s
policies, the article sheds light on his role in shaping foreign policy and the
consequences of successful securitization and de-securitization acts. In doing
so, the article also touches upon the agent-structure interplay in diff erent levels
of analysis and its cross-sectoral eff ects. The article shows that successful desecuritization
and securitization occurred, although the acts resulted in suppression
from existing dominant secular structures through military interventions.
