The IXth International Middle East Symposium titled “New Geopolitical Transformations and Sovereignty Issues in the Middle East” was organized by IGU SAM with the support of TÜBİTAK and in cooperation with MOKHA for Strategic Studies, ODAP and UMAM on October 15-16. The opening speech of the symposium, in which our departmental academic staff also took part through papers and secretariat activities, was made by Prof. Dr. Şenol Durgun, President of IGU SAM and Head of our Department.