VI International Middle East Symposium "Socio-Political Change in the Middle East" organized by the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul Gelişim University Center for the Application and Research of Political and Social Studies (IGUSAM) and Turkish-Arab Association for Economic and Strategic Cooperation (TASCA) will be held online this year.

The Middle East region has been at the centre of international politics for a long time, due to both the global power struggle in the region and the ethnic and sectarian-based conflicts between the countries in the region and the terrorism and refugee crises arising from the political vacuum created by these conflicts. All the struggles, conflicts and crises experienced cause the Middle East region to undergo political, economic, and social change continuously. Studies that examine the dynamics of the region carefully are needed to make a systematic analysis of the socio-political changes in the region.