title: Conceptualizing Russia-Turkey Strategic Political Competition
abstract: The Russia-Turkey relationship has risen to become one of the key dynamics defining contemporary geopolitics in the MENA region. The often febrile nature of this bilateral relationship, manifesting in the world’s most febrile region, makes it a worthy and important topic of analysis. Hence, the research rises the question of what are the key driving trends and dynamics define the bilateral relations within such complicated political strategic competition? The hypothesis that there are three key 
journal: Dirasat Human and Social Sciences