Mehmet Rakipoğlu

Dr. Mehmet Rakipoğlu graduated in 2016 from the Department of International Relations at Sakarya University. He completed his doctorate with a thesis titled "Defense Strategy in Foreign Policy: Saudi Arabia's Relations with the USA, China, and Russia After the Cold War." Rakipoğlu worked as the Director of Turkey Studies at the Mokha Center for Strategic Studies and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Mardin Artuklu University.