Kurdish political scientist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Regional Studies at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU), political commentator, and author of numerous research papers on the Kurdish issue and Russian–Turkish relations.
He was born in Bartın, Turkey, into a Kurdish family from Mush‑Malazgirt, and grew up in the Turkish city of Sinop.
In 2002, he graduated from MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In April 2017, he was awarded the high title of Academician for his scientific work on the problems of war and peace in the Middle East.
He is a full member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Hanover, Germany).
He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH).
He lives in Moscow.