Gürcistan’da Yeni Bir Kaos Çıkar Mı?
Is Georgia to Wait for a New Chaos?

Summary/Abstract: Georgia which has an ethnic diversity, has not been able to provide its full stability since it has declared its independence and has experienced events that have shaken central authority throughout history. In particular, the independence demands of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have lost much blood to the country. Saakashvili, the leader that came to governance after the Rose Revolution, took steps to restore the central authority and attracted Russia's reaction with the pro-Western and US pro-politics. The fact that Saakashvili tried to solve the problem of separatist territories in order to secure the central authority by controlling them tightly reinforced this tension and consequently the conflict between Georgia and the South Ossetians started in 2008 and eventually became a Russian-Georgian war. The NATO’s intence interest in the region has made Russia very uneasy, and the possibility that the Black Sea is a NATO lake has led Russia to follow aggressive policies towards the region. Although the Russian-Georgian war that took place in 2008 and caused great devastation for Georgia has been concluded, the strife and tensions between the two sides continue to be cold. In particular, the EU is giving visa liberalization to Georgia, German Prime Minister Merkel's visit to the region reveals that the Georgian support for the EU-led way, NATO's joint exercises in Georgia with the participation of Georgia, Russia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia supporting statements, "Is climbing a new chaos in the region? Is Russia, the winner in Syria, wanted to be besieged in the South Caucasus?" In this article, all this process will be discussed in historical perspective.

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