Dr. Mustafa Yetim is an Assistant Professor at Eskişehir Osmangazi University. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2009 at Karadeniz Technical University and then received his master’s degree in 2011 from Sakarya University. He finished his Ph.D. in 2016 at Ankara University. He has published several book chapters, articles, commentaries and analyses on topics such as Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East, Turkey-Qatar relations, Hezbollah, Lebanon, and the Middle East.
A recent visit on February 1 by Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati to Turkey implied that Lebanon and Turkey are seeking possible ways to strengthen bilateral ties. Both Prime Minister Mikati and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on the possible future of relations indicate this mutual determination. Despite lasting fragile internal dynamics and pervasive uncertainties in Lebanon, there are still some reasons to be positive about the trajectory of
With several Iranian-backed and Zaydi (Shia)-based Houthi militias’ recent attempts against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the optimistic atmosphere which occurred as a result of the advances of the Joe Biden administration and Riyad’s peace initiative on Yemen conflict unveiled in March 2021, disappeared. For some time, both the Riyad leadership and other principal actors in the Yemen conflict sent positive messages on this problem, which generated
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A recent visit on February 1 by Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati to Turkey implied that Lebanon and Turkey are seeking possible ways to strengthen bilateral ties. Both Prime Minister Mikati and
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With several Iranian-backed and Zaydi (Shia)-based Houthi militias’ recent attempts against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the optimistic atmosphere which occurred as a result of the advances of the
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Following the eruption of new conflicts between Amal-Hezbollah groups and the members of the Lebanese Forces due to their generally divergent positions on the Lebanese issues and specifically on the investigation of
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Qatar’s position towards the Yemen conflict is mostly affected by the changes in the relations between the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Before the eruption of the Yemen conflict, Qatar
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Initially, we need to recall a historical reality that, Qatar’s earlier limited normalization with Israel during the 1990s was sharply criticized by the countries which currently led the normalization process and the
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