A Study on the Effects of Operation Provide Comfort (Poised Hammer Force) on the Establishment of a Kurdish State That Threatens Ataturk’s Turkey

The phenomenon, which was established as “Hammer Power/Poised Hammer” in Turkey’s political genre, has a very different place in Turkish political history. It has never been seen before that a phenomenon in that America attaches so much importance to is so opposed as a whole in Turkey, where the administration and opposition are united on the same issue. However, the lack of alternative power to take refuge in the face of America and the West as a result of globalization in the 1990s, and the close relationship of then-President Turgut Özal with President Bush of America made Turkey closer to America than ever before. Turkish public opinion was that Hammer Power had undermined its sovereignty, helped the PKK, created a vacuum of authority in northern Iraq, and, above all, helped establish a Kurdish state in northern Iraq. After all these decades later, this issue has not been forgotten. Hammer Power has been one of the most important factors that has led reduce confidence in America over time and minimize relations between America and Turkey today. In this study, the reasons for the establishment of Hammer Power, organization, duties, political views, interests of countries, and developments were examined.