Ahmet Selim Kadıoğlu was born in Istanbul in 1978. He was enrolled at Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1994. He graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law and from Marmara University Faculty of Divinities. He carried his graduate studies in the Institute of Social Sciences of Marmara University. He received his master’s degree in Philosophy in 2003 and completed his PhD in Sociology in 2010. He has worked in various practice areas of law, as a solo practitioner, a lawyer for public institutions, the official counselor for public institutions and served in different positions in syndicates.