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Dr. Sümeyye Kaya Uyar and Res. Assist. Mustafa Yıldırım presented their research at the ISA 2025, examining the role of state leaders' discourses in responding to humanitarian crises.

Assist Prof. Sümeyye Kaya Uyar and MA Student Tayseer Khalil Abdalla Mohamedali presented their research on the return of paramilitary groups against states at the 13th Eurasian Peace Science Conference, held at the University of Zagreb.

Assist. Prof. Sümeyye Kaya Uyar will contribute to the fields of peace and security policies in Europe with her acceptance as a researcher for the "Peace Research Community Europe (PEACE)" project.

The proceedings of the symposium “Palestine and the Future of Global Affairs” held at our university have been published by Ibn Haldun University Press, under the editorship of Prof. Ramazan Aras and Assist Prof. Ahmet Yusuf Özdemir.

Our faculty member Assist Prof. Ahmet Yusuf Özdemir's article titled ‘Migration, Mobility and War: A Transnational Analysis of Diaspora Volunteerism in Internal Conflicts’ was published in the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

In his paper presented at the IV International Hittite Security Studies Congress, Ahmet Celal Şener highlighted the importance of having the capacity to make quick security and foreign policy decisions and evaluated the strategic implications of the structural changes in regional and global security fields.

Our faculty members Mustafa Yıldırım, Sümeyye Uyar and Ahmet Yusuf Özdemir attended the 7th Middle East Congress organized by Sakarya University Middle East Institute.

International Conference on Navigating Complexity and Change in the Balkans brought together academics and experts from relevant fields from Turkey and abroad.

The book “Global Transformation and Turkey”, which includes a chapter co-authored by our faculty member Dr. Sümeyye Uyar, has met with the readers.

Our faculty member Dr. Idlir Lika's article on the political structure in Montenegro was published in Nationalities Papers.

Our faculty member Dr. Najiba Mustafayeva's article titled “Human Rights Perspectives on Climate Change and Landmine Contamination in Azerbaijan” was published in the latest issue of Baku State University Law Review.

Head of Department Assoc. Prof. Ali Aslan's article “Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: Defense or Offense?” discusses Turkey's changing foreign policy in the context of strategic autonomy.

4. All Azimuth Workshop was realized with cooperation of our department and Ihsan Dogramaci Peace Foundation in the Suleymaniye Campus in 17-18 May. Many distinguished academicians from Egypt, Sweden, India, Argentina, England and many different countries have participated to the workshop.

Prof. Erik Ringmar participated in our ‘political talks series’. Our program focusing on French and German university