Originally from Karaman, he was born in 1966 in Balıkesir. He graduated from Istanbul/Fatih Primary School (Taş Mektep) in 1977. He completed his secondary education, which he started in Istanbul Boys' High School, in Riyadh Islamic Sciences High School in 1985. In 1989, he graduated from Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Department of Islamic Law. He completed his master's degree with a thesis titled "Peace in Islamic Law" at Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences in 1992, and his PhD in 1999 with a thesis titled "The Problem of Purpose in Islamic Law" at the same institute.

He worked as a researcher at the T.D.V. (Türkiye Diyanet Foundation) Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM) between 1999-2001 and 2005-2012. He became an Associate Professor in 2012 and a Professor in 2018. He started to work as a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Law, the Faculty of Theology at Marmara University on December 26, 2012. Besides articles, papers, and encyclopedia articles; he has published works such as İbn Cerîr et-Taberî and his juristic thougt; Şemsüleimme es-Serahsî, “Şerhü’-l-Câmii’s-sağîr” (critical edition); Ebû Mansûr el-Matürîdî, Te’vilatü’l-Kur’ân: Volumes V and VI (critical edition).

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