Prof. Dr. İsmail Şahin began his academic career by graduating from the Department of International Relations at Ankara University's Faculty of Political Sciences. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Ankara University's Institute of Social Sciences with his theses on Cyprus. He became an associate professor in Political History in 2017 and a professor in 2022. Prof. Dr. Şahin is a faculty member in the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. Shahin, who previously served as a faculty member at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University and Karabük University, has taught courses on International Relations, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Geopolitics at the National Defense University's Land Warfare School, as well as courses on Turkish foreign policy at Istanbul University throughout his academic career. His areas of expertise include the Cyprus issue, the Eastern Mediterranean problem, the Middle East, and Turkish foreign policy, on which he has conducted extensive academic research. In addition to his academic work, Prof. Dr. Şahin contributes to think tanks and national media outlets with analyses, technical reports, opinion pieces, and assessments related to his areas of expertise. He also continues to serve as the president of the International Crisis Research Center (USKAM).