Dr. Fatih Muslu completed his undergraduate education in 2006. He received his master's degree from the Department of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati in 2012. Muslu earned his doctorate in 2023 from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University's Faculty of Economics with a thesis titled “Reasons for Islamic Movements' Participation or Non-Participation in Politics in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Morocco.” His areas of research include democratization theories, Islamic movements, Islamist parties, and social movements. He works as a researcher at the Türkiye Research Foundation.