The Eurasian region gained special importance after the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The region attracts the attention of the great powers with its socio-economic, cultural, political and security aspects and the energy resources it possesses. Nowadays, particularly the struggle between the West (mainly the U.S.) and Russia over the region, the Eurasian politics followed by Russia, the Eurasian politics of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, and the Turkish geopolitics in Eurasia have become a much-discussed topic. Despite the fact that Turkey has improved its political and economic relations with Europe, at the same time it seems impossible for Turkey to ignore Asian countries because of its geopolitical position. However, along with its various opportunities, the region has been trying to solve some serious internal problems.
Prof. Dr. Nevzat Simsek graduated from the Department of Public Administration in the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara University in 1994. He completed his master thesis named ‘A Study on the Cyclical Behaviour of Prices: The Case of Turkey (1963-1995)’ in the Economics Program in the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylul University in 1998. In 2005 he completed his PhD thesis named ‘Intra-Industry Trade (The Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade in Turkey)’ in the Economics Department in the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylul University. In the same year he got the best PhD t