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Şahin pursued his academic career at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University between 2019 and 2022. From 2022 to 2025, he worked at the Yunus Emre Institute’s Turkish Cultural Center in Doha, Qatar. In 2025, he took the lead in establishing the Turkish Language Program at Lusail University, where he currently serves as an academic. His work focuses on teaching Turkish as a foreign language, cultural transfer, cultural diplomacy, and Türkiye–Gulf relations.
Şahin publishes analyses and provides commentary for national and international media outlets on Türkiye’s political, cultural, and diplomatic relations with the Middle East and Gulf countries. He writes in Arabic for Qatar-based Al Jazeera Net and Al Sharq, in English for Daily Sabah, and in Turkish for Fokus Plus, covering regional developments and Türkiye–Gulf relations. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on media outlets such as TRT Haber, CNN Türk, Habertürk, A Haber, TVNET, 24 TV, TGRT Haber, Haber Global, TV100, TRT Arabi, Syria TV, and Baku TV. His earlier publications include articles in Haber 7 and Yeni Şafak Arabic.
Şahin is the author of the poetry collection Sen Sevdamsın (You Are My Love), as well as the academic books Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe İleri Seviye Ders Kitaplarında Türk Kültürünün Tanıtımı (The Representation of Turkish Culture in Advanced-Level Textbooks for Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language), Kültürel Diplomasi ve Türkçe Öğretimi Bağlamında Türkiye-Körfez İlişkileri (Türkiye–Gulf Relations in the Context of Cultural Diplomacy and Turkish Language Teaching), and Katar’da Türkçe Öğretimi (Teaching Turkish in Qatar).
