The Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies aims to make a substantial contribution to the literature on the Middle East from various perspectives. The Journal offers both original articles to the Turkish and world academia and valuable resources for policy advisors on Turkish foreign policy. The Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies publishes articles both in English and Turkish and welcomes scholars to submit their high standard research in the related social sciences.

towards women. Yılmaz’s study focuses on the rationale behind the participation of women to ISIS sides despite the former applies a harsh ideological attitude towards women in general. In the second study of the issue, Tunahan Yıldız discusses the Turkomans of Iraq from the perspective of sectarian confrontation and conflict. Nurcan Baklacıoğlu’s study focuses on one of the most vital consequences of the Syrian civil war. Baklacıoğlu focuses on the Syrian women on a qu...

Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies is a peer-reviewed journal, which is published twice in a year. The papers sent to the journal are reviewed by at least two referees (if necessary a third referee will also review the articles) and after their approval, they will be sent to the editorial board before being published. The editorial board has right to accept or reject submissions that are papers of symposium, congress, news or book introductions etc. without evalua...

In the first article of the eighth issue, Zehra Yılmaz explains the ISIS policy towards women. Yılmaz’s study focuses on the rationale behind the participation of women to ISIS sides despite the former applies a harsh ideological attitude towards women in general. In the second study of the issue, Tunahan Yıldız discusses the Turkomans of Iraq from the perspective of sectarian confrontation and conflict. Nurcan Baklacıoğlu’s study focuses on one of the most vital conseq...