Turkish Studies

Aims & Scope

Turkey is a country whose importance is rapidly growing in international affairs.

A rapidly developing democratic state with a strong economy, complex society, active party system, and powerful armed forces, Turkey is playing an increasingly critical role in Europe, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.

Given Turkey’s significance and the great interest in studying its history, politics, and foreign policy, Turkish Studies presents a forum for scholarly discussion on these topics and more.

Turkish Studies features full-length articles, book reviews, and discussion roundtables covering: -The history of the Turkish republic, from the 1920s to the present, including political, social, and intellectual issues and developments. -Turkish politics, including parties, voting patterns, ideologies, biographies, the army and other institutions, as well as the political attitudes of different social groups within the country. -The composition and policy-making process of Turkish governments, including leading figures and movements. -Government policies and programs, including economic, religious, social, and all other issues. -Turkish international relations and foreign policy, including the policy-making process and Turkish relations with all countries, institutions, and movements.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.767

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	35

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7164

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	224

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Between Europeanization and Euro‐Asianism: Foreign Policy Activism in Turkey during the AKP Era

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Ziya, Åžuhnaz

• The Triumph of Conservative Globalism: The Political Economy of the AKP Era

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Ziya

• Politics and the Mass Media in Turkey

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Raşit, Barış

• Populism and foreign policy in Turkey under the AKP rule

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Burak Bilgehan, Nebahat

• The AKP and the spirit of the ‘new’ Turkey: imagined victim, reactionary mood, and resentful sovereign

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Zafer

• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Clientelism and Patronage in Turkey

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Sabri

• Making Sense of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East under AKP

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Meliha B., Lenore G.

• The Sèvres Syndrome and “<i>Komplo</i>” Theories in the Islamist and Secular Press

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Michelangelo

• Democratization Reforms in Turkey, 1993–2004

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Ergun

• Ideology or Economic Pragmatism?: Profiling Turkish Voters in 2007

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Ali

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