Ranked among the top candidates nationwide in the university entrance examination and was awarded a Ministry of National Education scholarship for study abroad. Completed undergraduate studies in political science and philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington and a master’s degree in theology at Harvard University. Received a doctorate in law from the University of London (SOAS) with a thesis on the interaction of religious, state and social norms. Worked briefly at the Office of Legal Counsel of the Ministry of National Education and served as a rapporteur at the Constitutional Court. Currently a faculty member in the Department of General Public Law at the Faculty of Law of Social Sciences University of Ankara.