Author: Cemil Dogac Ipek

The Middle East, with Anatolia, Syria and the northern regions of Iraq at its center of gravity, has always been among the most valuable areas (and often the first) in almost every field throughout history. All the powers seeking hegemony on the global level have also turned to this region to maximize their power and consolidate their world domination. In Jean-Paul Roux’s classic work, “The History of the Turks,” he writes: “They came out of the northern forests, brave, disorganized, ingenious and at the beginning of their journey. They spread first into the steppe, then into China, and then, like…