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Michael B. Bishku Is Professor of History at Augusta University. He teaches history courses on the Middle East and Africa. He has traveled extensively in those regions as well as elsewhere. Dr. Bishku has published numerous articles on the modern history and politics of the Middle East and Africa as well as on regional/interregional relations and minorities. He is a former president of both the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies and the Association of Global South Studies.
Turkey and Mongolia — unlikely partners? Mongolia’s outreach to Turkey as a potential “third neighbor” has converged with the reorientation of Ankara’s efforts under the Islamist Justice and Development (AK) Party to expand trade links and enhanced relations with countries that were either part of the former Ottoman Empire or have shared ethnic background or cultural histories.
