Dr. Nurettin Kalkan graduated from Fatih University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2012. During his undergraduate education, he was at Corvinus University in Budapest between 2009-10. He worked as a research assistant at Hacettepe University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration between 2012-18. He completed his master's and doctoral studies in the same department. He currently works at Bingöl University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. His main areas of interest include Turkish political life, political thought in Turkey, the relationship between Islam and politics, and comparative politics. Kalkan has articles and book chapters published on these topics. He also writes articles on current issues on various platforms.