Introduction: In the last two decades, West Azarbaijan province has gained new importance due to the import of various foreign goods, and its border towns such as Koze Resh Selmas border and Razi Khoi customs in Qator section located in Khoi city on the Iran-Turkey border have gained special fame. Have. In this regard, the purpose of the current research was rural development of the border area of West Azerbaijan province with Turkey, focusing on the areas or bazaars. Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative and quantitative in terms of method, i.e. combined. In the current research, interview and questionnaire methods were used to collect data. In the qualitative dimension, the statistical community of the research was made up of experts and elites who have an opinion in the field of rural development. In the quantitative dimension, the statistical population of the research including the families of the border region of West Azerbaijan province with Turkey was studied as a sample. In the analysis of qualitative data, the foundation data method was used, and to review, analyze and confirm the model, the foundation data was coded manually and in the quantitative part, software such as SPSS, Smartpls software was used to confirm the model. Results and discussion: Based on the results of this research, it was found that economic, institutional-political, natural, cultural, social and infrastructural factors are effective in the rural development of the border area of West Azerbaijan province with Turkey. Among the obtained factors, the institutional-political factor with a factor load of 0.891 has the highest impact on the development of rural areas.
Hajizadeh Asl A, Shamsaddini A, Hemmati M. An analysis of the role of joint border markets of West Azerbaijan province with Turkey in promoting the rural development of the border areas. جغرافیایی 2025; 25 (90) : 1 URL: http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-4162-en.html