Believing that Turkey and the Arab world should do academic work together Professor Uysal has organized Arab-Turkish Social Sciences Congresses (ATCOSS), workshops and symposiums in the countries of the region. He is a founding member of the Arab Society Research Network (INASS). He founded and directed the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (2011-2013). He served as the founding director of the Center for Iranian Studies – IRAM (2016-18). He follows the developments in Turkey and the Arab world and works to improve the understanding and cooperation at academic and social levels. He is the author of another book named Sociology of Social Movements. Along with his native Turkish, he speaks English, Arabic and some French. He writes and comments on Turkish and Middle Eastern affairs in national and international academic platforms and the media outlets such Aljazeera, BBC and Al-Arabia.