Dr. Muharrem Hilmi Özev is a political scientist interested in studying Geopolitics, Conflict Resolution, Energy Security and Gulf Affairs. Dr. Özev graduated from the Marmara University's IR department. He received his master's degree from Yıldız Technical University, Turkey and doctoral degree in the Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Countries at Marmara University, Turkey. Currently he is teaching at the Political Science and International Relations Department of the Faculty of Economics in Istanbul University. He follows the developments in Turkey and the Gulf countries and works to improve understanding and cooperation at academic and social levels. He also writes and comments on Turkish and Gulf affairs on national and international platforms.
Since the end of the 19th century, when Germany started to see itself in the category of a great power, it started to develop an interest in the Middle East region and oil resources in the Gulf, like other great powers. However, due to the structure of the international system and its defeat in both world wars, Germany could not gain influence in the region like the UK, France, Russia
Since the end of the 19th century, when Germany started to see itself in the category of a great power, it started to develop an interest in the Middle East region and
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