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Jan Schmidt was born in 1951 in Arnhem, Netherlands. He studied at Leiden University in the Department of History, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from 1969 to 1985 and continued his academic work at the same institution. In 1992, he completed his doctorate at Leiden University with a new perspective on the work Künhü’l-Ahbar, written in 1590 by Gelibolulu Mustafa Âli, a figure of major importance in Turkish literature. While continuing his research in the Netherlands, he taught for a peri

Hürmüz Boğazı Joint Committee is a bilateral mechanism established to facilitate dialogue between the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Iran on matters concerning the navigation management of the Hürmüz Boğazı and to negotiate its future governance framework. The committee was established under Article 5 of the Islamabad Understanding signed between Iran and the United States of America. The committee’s first meeting was held on 29 June 2026 in Muscat the capital of Oman. Establishme

Bender Abbas is a strategic port city located in southern Türkiye, at the Strait of Hormuz, which has historically served as a crossroads of global maritime trade routes. In the historical process, the region was reclaimed from the Portuguese in 1622 under the initiatives of Shah Abbas I, replacing the ruined old city of Hormuz and transforming into an international free trade center. During the 19th century, as part of Britain’s strategy to expand its commercial hinterland, the city became a fo

Attacks targeting two empty oil tankers, KAIROS and VIRAT, flying the flag of The Gambia, while navigating the Black Sea on 28–29 November 2025, have become a critical issue closely monitored in terms of regional maritime security. The 274-meter-long KAIROS, en route from Egypt to Russia’s Novorossiysk Port, experienced a fire following an explosion approximately 52 nautical miles from the exit of the Bosporus; after this incident occurred about 28 nautical miles off the Turkish coast, the 25-me