Turkey and Iran have a very complex relationship. Sharing a long boundary together, these two nations have different languages, different histories and in some ways, different approaches to Islam. Iran, having gone through the Islamic Revolution in the early 1980's became an Islamic Republic with roots firmly grounded in Shi'a Islamic interpretations and a history that goes back to the glorious days of 490-480 BC (!) when Persia conquered lands all the way to Greece. Turkey, a republic that is struggling to find its way into 20th century forms of European-style democracy has (faint) aspirations of joining the European Union. Turkey needs the natural gas Iran can send to it. Iran needs the currency Turkey can pay.
Both nations are faced with Kurds, Turkey's Kurds having being in a low-grade "civil tension" for 25 years, with more than 40,000 who have died. Iran faces a similar situation, with Kurdish tensions.
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