• The 2021-2022 “De-Escalation Moment” in the Middle East: A Net Assessment 

      Bakir, Ali ( the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research , 2022 , Article)
      Starting the end of 2020, the Middle East has witnessed an unprecedented de-escalation among its key regional rivals. Several major players, including Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Israel, the UAE, and Qatar, have ...
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: A Critical Review of the Concept, Paradigm, and Difficulties 

      Benlahcene, Badrane; Chatti, Chedli Baya; Hoque, Hossain Mohammed Naimul; El Khal, Abdelaziz; Bakir, Ali ( School of Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Management and Technology (UMT) , 2024 , Article)
      Interdisciplinarity constitutes one of the main drivers for the development of scientific knowledge as it contributes instimulating scientific research from different perspectives and methodologies and inreducing the ...
    • Post-Ottoman Legacy in the Middle East: A Compendium of 100 Years of Turkish Foreign Policy 

      Bakir, Ali ( the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research , 2023 , Article)
      The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire set the stage for Türki-ye’s evolving foreign policy in the Middle East, a region deeply inter-twined with its historical legacy. From the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 to the rise of the ...
    • Turkey’s security role in the Gulf region: exploring the case of a newcomer 

      Bakir, Ali ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)
      This study explores Turkey as a newcomer to Gulf security. It addresses why Turkish decision-makers want Turkey to play an elevated security role in the Gulf. It offers a holistic yet detailed outlook of Turkey’s potential ...