Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hikmet MENGÜASLAN is a faculty member in the Department of International Relations at the Nazilli Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Aydın Adnan Menderes University. He received his PhD from the Department of International Relations at Middle East Technical University. His academic studies focus on International Relations Theories, the Middle East, and Turkish Foreign Policy. Mengüaslan, who has academic studies published at both national and international levels, has had his works featured in various peer-reviewed journals, most notably Middle East Critique, İletişim ve Diplomasi (Communication and Diplomacy), and Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi (Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies).