Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (TJMES) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published for the Middle East Institute of Sakarya University which is a well-known research institution in Türkiye and the Middle East. The journal was founded in 2014 to address the need for scholarly research on Middle Eastern studies. TJMES aims to analyze contemporary and historical issues of Middle East and North Africa.

TJMES provides a forum for interdisciplinary scholarship based on solid empirical research and innovative critical readings of developments in the Middle East and North Africa region. The journal focuses on a wide geography, from the North African region extending from the Atlantic coast of Morocco to Egypt and Sudan in the south, to the Anatolian Peninsula (Turkey), West Asia (Iran and Afghanistan) and the Arabian Peninsula.

TJMES welcomes academic contributions which analyse political, economic and social dynamics and developments of the Middle East region. The articles in the journal are mostly written in English and the journal prioritises contributions to the existing Middle Eastern studies literature. The journal prefers research written from multi-disciplinary perspectives and from a number of fields including but not limited to international relations, politics, sociology, history, geography, philosophy, security and political economy. The journal also has a book review section that covers reviews of the books on all issues of the Middle East. This helps readers of TJMES to understand current scholarly research of the field.

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