Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

Factors affecting border control and management affected by the expansion of the Turkmen ethnic group on both sides of the border between Iran and Turkmenistan

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
mansour rahmati 1
manaf khanzadeh 2
samira nobakht 3
sajedjed bahramijaf 4
1 Corresponding author, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. , Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography (Ardabil, Iran)
2 Master of Land Use Planning - Tabriz University - Tabriz - Iran
3 Master of Political Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Mashhad, Iran)
4 Postdoctoral Researcher of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
10.22034/gahr.2024.461779.2166
Abstract
The subject of the present research is to examine the importance and effect of establishing a single ethnic group on both sides of the border in controlling the border with an emphasis on the Turkmen people. This research evaluates the effects of the establishment of ethnic groups in border control through the descriptive-analytical method by collecting data from both library and field departments. Ensuring national security and preventing insecurity and war are among the important goals of border control, and for this purpose, the importance of the establishment of ethnic groups on both sides of the border has been investigated, especially with an emphasis on the Turkmen people as part of the local community. The research findings are divided into two theoretical and field parts. In the theoretical part, relying on theories related to border control and ethnicity, six components and 27 variables have been introduced as the main subjects of the research. In the field section, data was collected using a questionnaire and with the participation of 30 border experts and analyzed and analyzed using SMART-PLS software. The results show that the political dimension with a coefficient of 0.898 is one of the effective factors in controlling The border is impressive. In this variable, political and ethnic discriminations and the lack of political actors have an important effect on the importance of the political dimension in controlling the Iran-Turkmenistan border. These findings show that in formulating policies and programs related to border control, the need to pay attention to political and ethnic factors is of potential importance.
Keywords
Ethnicity
Border
Border control
Turkmen ethnic group
SMART-PLS

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  • Receive Date 09 June 2024
  • Revise Date 27 May 2024
  • Accept Date 20 July 2024