Turkey’s Relations with the Middle East

Dr. Hüseyin Işıksal is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Near East University, North Cyprus. He completed his M.A. at the University of Warwick-UK and has two Ph.D. degrees in Politics and International Relations from the Keele University-UK and Middle East Technical University-Turkey. Since 2002 he is full time lecturer in various universities in Turkey, England and Cyprus. Dr. Işıksal is the editor of the books Turkish Foreign Policy in the New Millenium, and Blue Apple: Turkey-European Union Relations. He widely published in various peer reviewed academic journals including Alternatives and Electoral Studies. Dr. Işıksal frequently provided opinion on national TV channels and newspapers in Turkey and North Cyprus. His main research areas are Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East, Cyprus, and IR Theory. Dr. Oğuzhan Göksel is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Turkey. He also works as book reviews editor for New Middle Eastern Studies. He completed his Ph.D. degree in the School of Government and International Affairs & Ustinov College at Durham University, UK in 2015. Dr. Göksel’s works have been published in various edited books and international peer-reviewed journals such as Mediterranean Politics, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies and Turkish Studies<. His main areas of research are modernization and theories of modernity; comparative politics; historical sociology; and political economy of development. 

Introduction: The Politics of Power amidst the Uprisings of Hope Oguzhan Göksel.- Part I-The Turkish Model and the Arab Spring.-1 Turkish Foreign Policy, the Arab Spring and the Syrian Crisis: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back.- 2 Eurocentrism Awakened: The Arab Uprisings and the Search for a "Modern" Middle East.- 3 The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Model for the Middle East.- 4 Ties that Bind: Popular Uprisings and the Politics of Neoliberalism in Turkey and the Middle East .- Part II - Turkey's Relations with Middle Eastern Powers after the Arab Spring.- 5 Political Chaos in Iraq, ISIS and Turkish Foreign Policy: The High Cost of the Westphalian Delusion.- 6 The Arab Spring and Turkish-Iranian Relations, 2011-2016.- 7 Assessing the Regional Influence and Relations of Turkey and Saudi Arabia after the Arab Spring.- 8 Turkey, Cyprus and the Arab Uprisings.- Part III - Turkey's Domestic Politics and Relations with Non-State Actors of the Middle East.- 9 Re-evaluating the Sources and Fragility of Turkey's Soft Power after the Arab Uprisings.- 10 Comparing the Political Experiences of Justice and Development Party in Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.- 11 Turkey's Evolving Relations with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq since the Arab Spring.- 12 The Arab Spring and the Emergence of a New Kurdish Polity in Syria .- Conclusion: Turkey and the Middle East in an Age of Turbulence.