Iran-Turkey: Potentials and risks

When Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the U.S., China, Russia, the U.K., France plus Germany, known as "P5+1," was saying, "We are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for everybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us," he was telling the truth. 

This agreement is regarded as one of the most important breaking points since the "fall of the wall."
During the embargo Iran was impoverished, its oil exports halved, its economy shrank by one-fifth and it was excluded from the international world. Now, it is hoping to undo these losses. 

What will happen? 

Following the "Revolution" Iran had in 1979, it went on to build a new regime, isolating itself from the world's capitalism to a great extent. However, how long could this giant country whose population has reached 80 million today have stayed isolated from the world? 

The country remained under many domestic and international pressures. At the end, after much staggering and after exposing its people to extreme difficulties, it had to make contact with the outer world step by step.

The nuclear armament it resorted to in the name of defense - it must have understood - was no way out and finally a deal was made, relieving the whole world. 

Now, people are wondering what kind of an Iran will join the world's capitalism. Politically, nobody is expecting an immediate "democratization." It is apparent that an authoritarian regime at least as much as Vladimir Putin's Russia will want to continue its reign.  

Changes expected in Iran in the short term are more economic. Iran was isolated from the central countries...